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Meanings of ledge in English

An amount of a certain material spread out relatively even over a surface; often seen as part of a structure composed of several similar or dissimilar such.

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A projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water.

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Examples for "shelf"
Examples for "shelf"
1
The jury's question about shelf companies is likely related to Gates' testimony.
Reuters
2
Optus said an off-the-shelf product will be available in the coming months.
News.com.au
3
The shelf has sometimes been above sea level during the earth's history.
Reuters
4
There were no off-the-shelf procedures or lists of war crimes to use.
War by other means: an insider's account of the war on terror
5
No wonder she had never used the second shelf along the wall.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things

(Mining) A limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.

Usage of ledge in English
1
The green dwarf swept the shell expertly against the ledge; leaped out.
The Moon Pool
2
She needed to find a ledge strong enough to hold her weight.
The spurned viscountess
3
The easiest line wanders left and right to a spacious belay ledge.
Climbing Magazine
4
A large black object was visible in the shade of the ledge.
The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel
5
Soon after awaits a nice belay ledge to let the mind cool.
Climbing Magazine
6
I watched her poising herself on the ledge; it made me dizzy.
Aylwin
7
The task of blasting out the ledge was not a simple matter.
As It Was in the Beginning
8
I hear their shuffling footsteps behind me and step onto the ledge.
Divergent
9
Yaqui jumped down the wall and drove the bandit off the ledge.
Desert Gold
10
We crossed the ledge and made for the boulders to the left.
Under the Andes
11
Redmond lowered the sail and the boat drifted toward the ledge slowly.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 / A Magazine ...
12
Twenty feet of fighting gravity brought us to a fairly wide ledge.
Speaking in Bones
13
The Alphian slowly crawled out on the sharpest projection of the ledge.
The Land of the Changing Sun
14
Wayland had placed the kettle back under the drip of the ledge.
The Freebooters of the Wilderness
15
On the ledge Karara was heaping up the kelp of the nest.
Key Out of Time
16
A brigand fell to the rocks by the brink of the ledge.
Brigands of the Moon
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Ledge through the time
Ledge across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common