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Word: ridge
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A chain of hills.
- A chain of mountains.
- A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
- Highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
- meteorology A type of warm air that comes down on to land from mountains.
- The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
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Proper noun:
- male|from=surnames transferred from the surname.
- from=Middle English|dot= after a natural landscape feature.
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Verb:
- intransitive To extend in ridges
- transitive To form into a ridge
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