RIDGEPOLE meaning: Horizontal beam supporting a roof

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ridgepole: Merriam-Webster
ridgepole: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
ridgepole: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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ridgepole: Wiktionary
ridgepole: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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Ridgepole: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
ridgepole: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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Ridgepole: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
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ridgepole: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ridgepole)

▸ noun: A beam along the ridge of a roof to which the rafters are attached.
▸ noun: A horizontal pole that supports the roof of a ridge tent .

Opposite:

valley, trough, depression

Adjectives:

central, main, long, single, upper, second, heavy, horizontal, vast, short, own

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