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ridge

noun verb

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

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
R
Ends with
E
Contains
ID
Scrabble score
7
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ɹɪdʒ

Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. 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

noun

  1. any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane

noun

  1. a long narrow natural elevation or striation

noun

  1. a long narrow range of hills

noun

  1. a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean

noun

  1. any long raised strip

verb

  1. form into a ridge

verb

  1. spade into alternate ridges and troughs

    “ridge the soil”

verb

  1. throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides

    “He ridged his corn”

verb

  1. plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip

verb

  1. extend in ridges

    “The land ridges towards the South”

In context

Example Sentences

ridge the soil
He ridged his corn
The land ridges towards the South

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