📖 ridge

noun

1. a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
2. any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
3. a long narrow natural elevation or striation
4. a long narrow range of hills

See also: ridgepolerooftreeridgeline

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