1syllable
ridge
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Definitions ofridge
1noun
- The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
- Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
Example: "The plough threw up ridges of earth between the furrows."
- The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
- The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
- (fortifications) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
- A chain of mountains.
- A chain of hills.
- A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
- An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.
1verb
- To form into a ridge
- To extend in ridges
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