ledge
US: /ˈɫɛdʒ/
UK: /lˈɛdʒ/
UK: /lˈɛdʒ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
ledge /'ledʤ/
- danh từ
- gờ, rìa (tường, cửa...)
- đá ngầm
- (ngành mỏ) mạch quặng
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 a narrow flat piece of rock that sticks out from a cliff: seabirds nesting on rocky ledges
2 a narrow flat shelf fixed to a wall, especially one below a window: She put the vase of flowers on the window ledge.
See also -
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
shelf, projection, step, mantel or mantle, mantelpiece or mantlepiece, overhang, sill:
We stood on a small ledge of rock unable to move.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
high | narrow, wide | cliff, mountain, window
VERB + LEDGE
cling to
The climbers were clinging to a ledge hundreds of feet above the sea.
| be perched on
LEDGE + VERB
go, run
A narrow ledge runs across the northern face of the cliff.
PREP.
along a/the ~
I felt along the ledge at the top of the door.
| on a/the ~
The phone was perched precariously on the window ledge.
Concise English dictionary
ledgesledʒ
noun
+a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
