noun

ledge

ledge, sill

A bird was sitting on the window ledge.

A bird was sitting on the window ledge.

((a ledge)) a narrow shelf He put the plant on the window ledge.

Synonyms: shelf, sill, projection, ridge

From Middle English 'legge', related to 'lay'. A surface on which something can be laid.

Think of a bird on the 'edge' of a window – a window 'ledge'.

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