shelf
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Protruding and sticking out
beetling
bristly
bug
bug out
bulbous
bulge
male
outcrop
overhang
overhanging
peek
poke
project
protrude
protuberance
protuberant
proud
stick
stick out
stick up

Examples from literature

He had seen a rocky ledge above him, and he thought he might be able to throw his rope over the ledge and pull the boulder up. 
He throws them over a ledge above, but cannot lift the heavy rock. 

ledge | American Dictionary

ledge
noun[ C ]
us/ledʒ/
a narrow, flat area like a shelf that sticks out from a building, cliff, or other vertical surface:
a window ledge

Examples of ledge

ledge
The space craft rests on a ledge, which is pushed along the track using the power of electro magnets.
Twenty out of 31 empty nests on colony 1 were on the west side of the colony where ledges were broad and easily approached.
Here the free boundary given as the surface of the ledge is handled by considering an additional unknown function.
In order to take this picture the shirt has been fixed to a wooden ledge of a window or a door.
In all cases, however, there is invariably a small ledge about 40 cm above the floor.
Most of the species are characteristic of rocky ledges, forests or forest edges.
These sea birds raise their young on small ledges on nearvertical cliffs, each brood more or less confined to the nest for about 35 days.
Located on a rock ledge about 30 m above the beach, it was difficult to reach, but contained a small, black chick.
The elevation of the top of the ledge should therefore reflect the height of the water table.
At 100 m, a thick sandstone ledge shows balland-pillow structures in the topmost part.
Unlike the experiment, the ledge has a greater amplitude for the simulation.
They build nests on rock ledges or near the ground rather than in trees.
Colony 4 had 29 empty nests, all on accessible ledges: a depredated egg, fox scat, and bear scat full of feathers were found nearby.
The general setting of each colony along with height of cliff, cliff aspect, height of occupied ledges, approximate ledge width, and distance to the sea, were described.
As the aluminium is forming, a solidified bath layer, the so-called ledge, protects the cell sidewall from corrosive electrolyte and reduces the heat loss from the cell.
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