āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
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āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ āĻāĻļ, āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻ°āĻž
a thin, shelf-like projection extending horizontally from a vertical face such as a wall or cliff
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Hikers paused on a rocky ledge halfway up the canyon to catch their breath.
āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻšā§āĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ āĻĒāĻĨā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻļā§ āĻĨā§āĻŽā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ˛āĨ¤
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āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻļā§āĻ˛āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖā§, āĻĄā§āĻŦā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻ°āĻž
a submerged, shelf-like ridge of rock or sediment lying just beneath the water's surface near shore
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Tidal currents carve small pools into the rocky ledge that teem with crabs at low tide.
āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°-āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
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(Canada) the building where a provincial or territorial legislature meets
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He works at the ledge downtown.
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(Canada) the group of elected officials in a provincial or territorial legislature
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He was elected to the ledge last year.
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
