ridge

About 12.38 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
2. noun Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.

   The plough threw up ridges of earth between the furrows.

3. noun The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.

   mountain ridge

4. noun The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
5. noun The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
6. noun A chain of mountains.
7. noun A chain of hills.
8. noun A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.

Similar words

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Often followed by

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Word family

ridged ridges ridging