ridge

noun

a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top

any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane

a long narrow range of hills

a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean

any long raised strip

a long narrow natural elevation or striation

verb

form into a ridge

spade into alternate ridges and troughs

throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides

plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip

extend in ridges

Synonyms for ridge

hogbackn mountainn crestn mountaintopn saddlebackn kame eskern summitn

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