[lɛdʒ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a narrow horizontal surface projecting from a wall, cliff, or other surface
(e.g: he heaved himself up over a ledge)

- an underwater ridge, especially of rocks beneath the sea near the shore
(e.g: a reef ledge)

- a stratum of metal- or ore-bearing rock; a vein of quartz or other mineral


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Origin:
Middle English (denoting a strip of wood or other material fixed across a door, gate, etc.): perhaps from an early form of lay. ledge dates from the mid 16th century