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| berm |
a narrow ledge or shoulder, as alongside a road or canal. [2/3 definitions] |
| priedieu |
a low stand with a small desk top and a ledge at the bottom on which to kneel in prayer. |
| setoff |
in architecture, a projecting ledge or shelf. [1/2 definitions] |
| shelf |
something that resembles this structure, such as a rock projection or ledge, a sandbar, a reef, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| toehold |
a small surface or ledge that will support or hold no more than the toes in hiking, rock climbing, or the like; small foothold. [1/3 definitions] |
| window box |
a box on or near a window ledge, for growing plants. [1/2 definitions] |
| windowsill |
the horizontal projecting ledge at the bottom of a window frame. |
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