Usually means: Horizontal projections for support, display.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word ledges:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. ledges: Merriam-Webster
  2. ledges: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ledges: Vocabulary.com
  4. Ledges, ledges: Wordnik
  5. ledges: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. ledges: Wiktionary
  7. ledges: Dictionary.com
  8. ledges: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Ledges (album), Ledges: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Ledges: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ledges: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Ledges: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ledge)

noun:  A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff, or other surface.
noun:  A shelf on which articles may be laid.
noun:  (geology) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
noun:  A layer or stratum.
noun:  A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.
noun:  (architecture) A (door or window) lintel.
noun:  (architecture) A cornice.
noun:  (shipbuilding) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.
verb:  (uncommon) To cause to have, or to develop, a ledge (during mining, canal construction, building, etc).
noun:  (Canada, slang) A provincial or territorial legislature building.
noun:  (Canada, slang) A provincial or territorial legislative assembly.
noun:  (slang) Alternative form of lege (“a legend; a person held in high regard”) [(UK, Ireland, slang) A legend; colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high regard.]
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