Usually means: Elevated, narrow crest or range.
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We found 54 dictionaries that define the word ridge:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. ridge: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ridge: Merriam-Webster
  3. ridge: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. ridge: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. ridge: Collins English Dictionary
  6. ridge: Vocabulary.com
  7. Ridge, ridge: Wordnik
  8. ridge: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Ridge, ridge: Wiktionary
  10. ridge: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. ridge: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. ridge: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. ridge: Dictionary.com
  14. ridge: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. ridge: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Ridge (biology), Ridge (differential geometry), Ridge (disambiguation), Ridge (geometry), Ridge (meteorology), Ridge (roof), Ridge, The Ridge: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Ridge: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. ridge: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. ridge: Rhymezone
  20. ridge: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. ridge: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. ridge: FreeDictionary.org
  23. ridge: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. ridge: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. ridge: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ridge (geology), ridge: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. ridge: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Ridge: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  5. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Ridge (geology), ridge: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. baby names list (No longer online)
  3. RIDGE: Acronym Finder
  4. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Scientology® and Dianetics® (No longer online)

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Ridge: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. ridge: Mussel Glossary
  4. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ridge, ridge: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Ridge, ridge: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ridge: Sports Definitions

Tech (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  4. Ridge: Construction Glossary
  5. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Ridge: Dictionary of Military Architecture
  7. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See ridged as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (anatomy) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
noun:  Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
noun:  The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
noun:  The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
noun:  (fortifications) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
noun:  A chain of mountains.
noun:  A chain of hills.
noun:  (oceanography) A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
noun:  (meteorology) An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.
verb:  (transitive) To form into a ridge.
verb:  (intransitive) To extend in ridges.
noun:  A village in Hertsmere district, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
noun:  A toponymic surname from Middle English, named after the natural feature.
noun:  A male given name transferred from the surname.

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