ledge
pronunciation
How to pronounce ledge in British English:
UK [ledʒ]
How to pronounce ledge in American English:
US [ledʒ]
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- Noun:
- a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
Word Origin
- ledge (n.)
- late 13c., "crossbar on a door," perhaps from Middle English verb leggen "to place, lay" (see lay (v.)). Sense of "narrow shelf" is first recorded 1550s; "shelf-like projection of rock" is from 1550s.
Example
- 1. I got it ! I got it ! You on the ledge ?
- 2. I need somebody to talk me down off the ledge .
- 3. I know that the major is to study computer know ledge .
- 4. The snake fell from the ledge and scared me nearly dead , but it was the one that was dead .
- 5. With the advent of the age of know ledge economy , education of creativity has added a wonderful landscape to reforms of education .