Definitions For Ridge

noun

  • A beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
  • Any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
  • A long narrow natural elevation or striation
  • A long narrow range of hills
  • A long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
  • Any long raised strip
  • A long area of land that is on top of a mountain or hill
  • A raised part or area on the surface of something
  • The place where two sloping surfaces meet

verb

  • Form into a ridge
  • Spade into alternate ridges and troughs
  • Throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides
  • Plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
  • Extend in ridges

Is Ridges a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
9

The word Ridge is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Ridge in a Sentence

  • We hiked along the ridge.
  • The ridges on the sole of a boot
  • The ridge of a roof

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