Usually means: Horizontal surface projecting from wall.
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  1. ledge: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ledge: Merriam-Webster
  3. ledge: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. ledge: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. ledge: Collins English Dictionary
  6. ledge: Vocabulary.com
  7. Ledge, ledge: Wordnik
  8. ledge: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. ledge: Wiktionary
  10. ledge: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. ledge: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. ledge: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Ledge, ledge: Dictionary.com
  14. ledge: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. ledge: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Ledge, The Ledge (film), The Ledge (short story), The Ledge: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Ledge: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. ledge: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. ledge: Rhymezone
  20. ledge: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. ledge: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. ledge: FreeDictionary.org
  23. ledge: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. ledge: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ledge: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ledge: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. LEDGE: Glossary of Biblical English of the Authorised Version of the HOLY BIBLE

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ledge: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Canoe Terminology (No longer online)
  2. Ledge: Sports Definitions

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
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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