OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 21059

ridge

/ɹɪd͡ʒ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
arista • cresta
The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick.
mountain ridge
caballete • cumbrera
The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Apple…
cordillera • sierra
A chain of mountains.
dorsal • dorsal oceánica
A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
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