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Synonyms for ridge
rɪdʒridge

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Princeton's WordNet1.3 / 4 votes

  1. ridgenoun

    a long narrow natural elevation or striation

    Synonyms:
    ridgeline, rooftree, ridgepole

  2. ridgenoun

    any long raised strip

    Synonyms:
    ridgeline, rooftree, ridgepole

  3. ridgenoun

    a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean

    Synonyms:
    ridgeline, rooftree, ridgepole

  4. ridge, ridgelinenoun

    a long narrow range of hills

    Synonyms:
    ridge, ridgeline, rooftree, ridgepole

  5. ridgenoun

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

    Synonyms:
    ridgeline, rooftree, ridgepole

  6. ridge, ridgepole, rooftreeverb

    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

    Synonyms:
    ridge, ridgeline, rooftree, ridgepole

  7. ridgeverb

    extend in ridges

    "The land ridges towards the South"

  8. ridgeverb

    plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip

  9. ridgeverb

    throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides

    "He ridged his corn"

  10. ridgeverb

    spade into alternate ridges and troughs

    "ridge the soil"

  11. ridgeverb

    form into a ridge

Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 1 vote

  1. ridgenoun

    Synonyms:
    extended elevation

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. ridgenoun

    Synonyms:
    crest, whelk

PPDB, the paraphrase database1.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "ridge":

    crête, crest, peak, dorsal, ling, leng, spike, cornice, cristae, papillary

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How to use ridge in a sentence?

  1. Makoto Moore:

    A ridge of high pressure over the area this weekend should allow for a general relaxing of the winds, though it will also push high temperatures to near-record levels.

  2. Mary Parenteau:

    This work may support a renewed interest in sampling ancient iron deposits on Earth (e.g., Precambrian iron formations) to search for evidence of microbial life, regardless of their low organic carbon content, and may support analysis of organics in iron deposits on Mars, such as Hematite Ridge in Gale Crater.

  3. The NHC:

    One complicating factor is that several of the models show a ridge building over the northwestern Atlantic Canada and Atlantic Canada, which could cause the storm to stay on a more northward track closer to New England than currently forecast.

  4. Nick Cowie:

    It’s the narrowest ridge in the U.K. so definitely has some dangers, especially if you climb the pinnacles, i didn’t look too much at the photo and video at the time as we had the whole ridge and pinnacles to climb, but looking back I’m very happy with them and wish I had taken a few more.

  5. National Park Service:

    The terrain below where Bunker went missing is near the location of the Liberty Ridge tragedy that claimed the lives of six climbers in 2014. It is very steep, terminates in cliffs, and is known for frequent avalanches and active rockfall, this, combined with the broken surface of the Carbon Glacier, will prevent the deployment of ground teams in this search.


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