'Ledge' definitions:
Definition of 'ledge'
From: WordNet
noun
A projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water [syn: ledge, shelf]
Definition of 'Ledge'
From: GCIDE
- Ledge \Ledge\ (l[e^]j), n. [Akin to AS. licgan to lie, Icel. liggja; cf. Icel. l["o]gg the ledge or rim at the bottom of a cask. See Lie to be prostrate.] [Formerly written lidge.]
- 1. A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A layer or stratum. [1913 Webster]
- The lowest ledge or row should be of stone. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mining) A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Shipbuilding) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ledge'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- band,
- bank,
- beam-end,
- bed,
- bedding,
- belt,
- billiard table,
- board,
- border,
- bordure,
- bowling green,
- brim,
- brink,
- brow,
- coast,
- coral heads,
- corbel,
- couche,
- course,
- dead flat,
- dead level,
- deck,
- earth,
- edge,
- esplanade,
- featheredge,
- flange,
- flat,
- flatland,
- floor,
- frame,
- fringe,
- gallery,
- gradin,
- gradino,
- ground,
- hem,
- hob,
- homaloid,
- horizontal,
- horizontal axis,
- horizontal fault,
- horizontal line,
- horizontal parallax,
- horizontal plane,
- horizontal projection,
- ironbound coast,
- labellum,
- labium,
- labrum,
- layer,
- ledges,
- lee shore,
- level,
- level line,
- level plane,
- limb,
- limbus,
- lip,
- list,
- mantel,
- mantelshelf,
- mantle,
- marge,
- margin,
- mean sea level,
- measures,
- overhang,
- overlayer,
- overstory,
- parterre,
- pitfall,
- plain,
- plane,
- platform,
- prairie,
- predella,
- projection,
- quicksands,
- ragged edge,
- retable,
- rim,
- rockbound coast,
- rocks,
- sandbank,
- sandbar,
- sands,
- sea level,
- sea of grass,
- seam,
- selvage,
- shallows,
- shelf,
- shoals,
- shore,
- shoulder,
- side,
- sideline,
- sill,
- skirt,
- stage,
- step,
- steppe,
- story,
- stratum,
- substratum,
- superaltar,
- superstratum,
- table,
- terrace,
- thickness,
- tier,
- topsoil,
- undercurrent,
- underlayer,
- understory,
- understratum,
- undertow,
- verge,
- water level,
- zone