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Meanings of ridge in English

Russian
кряж
Portuguese
cumeeira
Spanish
cresta
Catalan
cresta
Wikidata

Geological feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for some distance.

        кряж
        Russian
        охлупень
        Spanish
        cumbrera
        Catalan
        carener
        Wikidata

        Uppermost horizontal line of a gabled roof and other roof types.

              охлупень
              Portuguese
              cumeeira

              A beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters.

                    cumeeira
                    Catalan
                    cresta
                    Spanish
                    cresta

                    A long narrow range of hills.

                          cresta
                          Synonyms
                          Examples for "ridgepole"
                          Examples for "ridgepole"
                          1
                          The provisions were piled up nearly to the ridgepole at the back.
                          Where the Sun Swings North
                          2
                          I shall walk that ridgepole, Diana, or perish in the attempt.
                          Anne of Green Gables
                          3
                          While I considered the question, two more weather vanes popped out of the ridgepole.
                          The Book of Life
                          4
                          Along the ridgepole cautiously sidled the two men of the other company, dragging their hose.
                          The Gray Dawn
                          5
                          Again the sharp whack of the axes cut out a ridgepole and two forked supports.
                          The Lady of Big Shanty
                          1
                          He never broke down a rooftree during or since the terrible famine.
                          The Land-War in Ireland: A History for the Times
                          2
                          How cross those long, shadowy fields between us and our rooftree?
                          The Story Girl
                          3
                          Chloe slipped away from them, and fluttered to a rooftree far out of reach.
                          Venus In Copper
                          4
                          The post carried the mighty beam that was the rooftree.
                          The Sirens of Titan
                          5
                          God listen to me, I'll hang him today, and from this puling King's own rooftree.
                          The Secret Eleanor
                          Usage of ridge in English
                          1
                          Four miles to the west the ridge terminated in a low point.
                          A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador
                          2
                          The Mid-Cayman spreading centre is an ultraslow-spreading ridge in the Caribbean Sea.
                          Pubmed
                          3
                          The blue-ridge outline was as sharp and clear as a paper cutout.
                          The cactus eaters: how I lost my mind-and almost found myself-on...
                          4
                          A a certain point I could see sun on the summit ridge.
                          Rock and Ice Magazine
                          5
                          Its east ridge, route of the first ascent, is long and dangerous.
                          Rock and Ice Magazine
                          6
                          Hallowes said, I'll send a good lookout up to that ridge, sir.
                          Colors Aloft!
                          7
                          This forms the ridge of the spiral as shown in diagram 3.
                          A Course In Wood Turning
                          8
                          This image from Google Earth shows the ridge in a perspective view.
                          Wired
                          9
                          The dividing ridge of the Sierra is in sight from this encampment.
                          The Lake of the Sky / Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of Californ...
                          10
                          With a shout, the main mass began trotting quickly toward the ridge.
                          Knife of dreams
                          11
                          The castle on the ridge stood the symbol of the family condition.
                          What's Mine's Mine — Volume 1
                          12
                          Raj Ahten's mount topped the ridge at perhaps eighty miles per hour.
                          Wizardborn
                          13
                          We separated and combed the ridge lines to our right and left.
                          White Hunter, Black Heart
                          14
                          All of the ridge characteristics in the prints need not be charted.
                          The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses
                          15
                          The delta is the point from which to start in ridge counting.
                          The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses
                          16
                          We slant up to the left through that notch in the ridge.
                          Bloom of Cactus
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                          Translations for ridge
                          Portuguese
                          cumeeiracumeada
                          Ridge through the time
                          Ridge across language varieties
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                          Common
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