1
: a raised or projecting edge or molding intended to protect or check
a window ledge
2
: an underwater ridge or reef especially near the shore
3
Examples of ledge in a Sentence
birds perched on the ledge of a building
a ledge on the side of the mountain
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Zach Dorfman, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
While visiting her son's memorial on a cliff in the woods, the grieving mother plans to kill herself until a man by the name of Richard (Finn Wittrock) talks her off the ledge.
—Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
That is, until a handsome stranger who introduces himself as Richard (Finn Wittrock) shows up and quite literally talks her off the ledge.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
On October 7th, at 9:16 p.m., patrol officers responded to reports of a man experiencing mental health crisis sitting on a ledge high above the train tracks near 2nd Avenue Exit and East Jackson Street.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Ledge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ledge. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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ledge
noun1
: a projecting ridge or raised edge along a surface
2
: an underwater ridge or reef especially near the shore
3
: a narrow flat surface or shelf
especially
: one that sticks out from a wall of rock
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