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Word entry · 5 letters

ridge

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"Raised line"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ɹɪd͡ʒ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted degirStarts with REnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Long raised crest of land, roof, or other surface.

Word origin

From Middle English rigge, rygge, (also rig, ryg, rug), from Old English hryċġ (“back, spine, ridge, elevated surface”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz (“back”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewk-, *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”).

Used in a sentence

  • The plough threw up ridges of earth between the furrows.
  • mountain ridge
  • It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Raised line5 letters
02Raised crest5 letters

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