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Definition of: ledge
(lej) noun
1. A shelf upon which articles can be laid.
2. Something resembling a shelf, as a shelflike ridge of rock, or a shelflike projection from a building.
3. A rocky outcrop or reef.
4. A metal–bearing rock stratum; a lode or vein. [ME legge, prob. <root of leggen LAY1]
—ledg′y adjective
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