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ridged

ridge
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [rij]
    • /rɪdʒ/
    • /rɪdʒd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [rij]
    • /rɪdʒ/

Definitions of ridged word

  • noun ridged a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains. 1
  • noun ridged the long and narrow upper edge, angle, or crest of something, as a hill, wave, or vault. 1
  • noun ridged the back of an animal. 1
  • noun ridged any raised, narrow strip, as on cloth. 1
  • noun ridged the horizontal line in which the tops of the rafters of a roof meet. 1
  • noun ridged (on a weather chart) a narrow, elongated area of high pressure. 1

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Origin of ridged

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English rigge (noun), Old English hrycg spine, crest, ridge; cognate with Dutch rug, German Rücken, Old Norse hryggr

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Parts of speech for Ridged

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

ridged popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for ridged

adj ridged

  • brambly — having or resembling brambles.
  • brindled — brown or grey streaked or patched with a darker colour
  • chapped — If your skin is chapped, it is dry, cracked, and sore.
  • cross-grained — (of timber) having the fibres arranged irregularly or in a direction that deviates from the axis of the piece
  • denticulate — very finely toothed

adjective ridged

  • asperous — Rough, rugged, uneven.
  • corrugated — Corrugated metal or cardboard has been folded into a series of small parallel folds to make it stronger.
  • fluted — fine, clear, and mellow; flutelike: fluted notes.
  • furrowed — a narrow groove made in the ground, especially by a plow.
  • jagged — having ragged notches, points, or teeth; zigzag: the jagged edge of a saw; a jagged wound.

noun ridged

  • chined — Pertaining to, or having, a chine, or backbone; used in composition.
  • corkscrewed — Simple past tense and past participle of corkscrew.
  • filleted — Cookery. a boneless cut or slice of meat or fish, especially the beef tenderloin. a piece of veal or other meat boned, rolled, and tied for roasting.
  • hilled — Simple past tense and past participle of hill.
  • knapped — Simple past tense and past participle of knap.

Antonyms for ridged

noun ridged

  • flatted — horizontally level: a flat roof.

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