ledge

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.
2. A shelf on which articles may be laid.
3. A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
4. A layer or stratum.
5. A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.
6. A (door or window) lintel.
7. A cornice.
8. A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.

Verb

To cause to have, or to develop, a ledge (during mining, canal construction, building, etc).

Conceptos

repisa

cornisa

antepecho

reborde

anaquel

umbral

moldura

cartela

antepecho de ventana

borde

estante

pestaña

protuberancia

Sinónimos

shelf

projection

edge

jut

rim

protuberance

bump

brim

sill

lath

verge

cornice

flange

set-off

lip

teat

lug

end

🔚

extremity

fascia

flaring

foot

🦶

gate

grating

grill

knife

🔪

lag

level

lid

ligule

limb

lode

marge

mesh

molding

neb

nick

notch

peak

prominence

rack

rail

reeding

ridge

rock

🪨

rung

salient

shoulder

slat

spur

step

terrace

tip

tongue

👅

vein

windowsill

projecting part

transome

arris

flanch

lithoherm

series of over-ganging rocks

projecting lug

rim collar

shaft collar

Flg flange

convex lug

dummy club

wall-projected shelf

abutment

rocky reef

bank

🏦

bars

bench

border

boulder

brink

brow

butt

cascade

cliff

crag

crosspiece

cubicle

curb

ear

👂

earing

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/lɛd͡ʒ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: legge

Cognado con inglés medio: leggen

In summary

From Middle English legge; usually considered to be from Middle English leggen, a variant of leyen (“to put, lay (down, waste to)”).