ridge
The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
Noun 4 meanings
The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
“The plough threw up ridges of earth between the furrows.”
The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
“mountain ridge”
The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
Verb 2 meanings
To form into a ridge.
To extend in ridges.
Etymology
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”).
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RIDGE at a glance
RIDGE has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (R 1 + I 1 + D 2 + G 2 + E 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,817 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with ridge
All rhymesOne letter away
- MIDGE9
- RADGE7
- RIDGY10
- FIDGE10
- KIDGE11
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