ridgeridge /rɪdʒ/ ●○○ noun [countable] 
Word Origin
We made our way carefully along the ridge.2a)something long and thin that is raised above the things around it: A small ridge of sand separated the field from the beach. The ridges on the soles give the shoes a better grip. b)the part at the top of a roof, where the two sides meet3ridge of high pressure technical a long area of high air pressure in the atmosphere, which has an effect on the weather
Word OriginWORD ORIGINridge
ExamplesOrigin:
Old English hrycgEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Cycles of freezing and thawing caused an ice ridge to build up.
- My fingers traced the ridges and folds of his hand.
- The sun disappeared behind the ridge.
- They came out onto a sand ridge that curved away toward the rocks.
- A helicopter shot across the ridges overhead and disappeared into the adjoining canyon.
- Dove would not move his eyes off the ridge of white wash.
- From the ridge, the light seemed to cover all the slope below, drowsy and still.
- He lives in that house that Daddy designed, up on the ridge, on Jellison Road.
- Over to the right is rough dune land, a big area before you top a ridge of shingle.
- Rotting guavas and fruit flies that hover around them are also prevalent on the ridge route.
- Stephen looked down at the ridge of grass along the centre of the track where the cart wheels had not pressed.
THESAURUS► mountain
Collocations a very high hill: · the highest mountain in Austria
► hill an area of land that is higher than the land around it, which is like a mountain but smaller and usually has a rounded top: · We went for a walk in the hills.· The house is surrounded by woods, farmland and gentle hills.
► Mount (also Mt written abbreviation) used in the names of mountains. Don’t say ‘Fuji Mountain’ – say ‘Mount Fuji’: · Mount Everest
► cliff the steep side of an area of land, often next to the sea: · the white cliffs of Dover
► precipice especially literary a very steep and dangerous cliff: · They were standing on the edge of a precipice.
► crag a high steep rock or mountain: · An eagle sailed over the high crags.
► ridge a long narrow area of high ground, especially at the top of a mountain: · I could see a group of climbers high up on a ridge.
► knoll a small round hill: · a grassy knoll
► volcano a mountain with a large hole at the top, through which lava (=hot liquid rock) is sometimes forced out: · the eruption of a volcano
► summit the very highest point of a mountain: · the summit of Mt Everest
► peak especially literary the top of a mountain: · the snow-covered peaks of the Himalayas· a distant peak
► range/chain a group of mountains or hills arranged in a line: · the mountain range that is part of the border between Norway and Sweden
► foothills a group of smaller hills below a range of high mountains: · the Sierra foothills
WORD SETS► Geographyabyss, nounalluvial, adjectivealluvium, nounalpine, adjectiveAmerican, adjectiveAntarctica, anticyclone, nounarchipelago, nounArctic, adjectivearid, adjectiveAsia, atlas, nounatoll, nounAustralasia, Australasian, adjectiveAustralia, avalanche, nounaxis, nounbank, nounbarometer, nounbarrier reef, nounbasin, nounbay, nounbayou, nounbeach, nounbearing, nounbed, nounbight, nounbluff, nounborder, nounborder, verbborderland, nounborderline, nounborough, nounbox canyon, nounBritish, adjectivebutte, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncapital, nouncardinal point, nounCaribbean, adjectivecartography, nouncay, nounchain, nounchaparral, nounchart, nounchasm, nounchimney, nounChinese, adjectivecirrus, nounCIS, nouncliff, nounclimate, nounclimatic, adjectivecoastal, adjectivecoastline, nouncockney, nouncol, nouncold front, nouncommuter belt, nouncompass, nounconfluence, nouncontinent, nouncontinental, adjectivecontinental shelf, nouncontour, nounconurbation, nouncoordinate, nouncorridor, nouncorrie, nouncoterminous, adjectivecouncil estate, nouncountry, nouncounty, nouncounty town, nouncourse, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncraggy, adjectivecreek, nouncrevasse, nouncrevice, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundateline, noundelta, noundesert, noundesert island, noundevelopment, noundistrict, noundivide, noundown, adverbdune, noundust bowl, nouneast, nouneast, adjectiveeast, adverbeastbound, adjectiveeasterly, adjectiveeasterly, nouneastern, adjectiveEasterner, nouneasternmost, adjectiveeastwards, adverbelevation, nouneminence, nounenvirons, nounequatorial, adjectiveerode, verberosion, nounescarpment, nounestuary, nounEurope, nounextraterritorial, adjectiveeyot, nounface, nounfarmland, nounfeeder, nounfiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefrontier, nounfrontiersman, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungeo-, prefixgeography, noungeophysics, noungeopolitics, noungeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglaciation, nounglacier, nounglobe, noungoldfield, noungorge, noungrassland, nounGrecian, adjectivegreen belt, noungrid, noungrotto, noungroundwater, noungulch, noungulf, noungully, nounhead, nounheadland, nounheadwaters, nounheartland, nounhemisphere, nounhighland, adjectivehighlands, nounhigh water mark, nounhinterland, nounHome Counties, the, homeland, nounhurricane, noun-i, suffixIberian, adjectiveiceberg, nounice cap, nounice floe, nounice pack, nounice sheet, nouninhabitant, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninner city, nouninshore, adverbinsular, adjectiveintercontinental, adjectiveInternational Date Line, nounisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounisobar, nounIsraeli, adjectiveIsraeli, nounisthmus, nounItalian, adjectiveItalianate, adjectiveItalo-, prefixJapanese, adjectivekey, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandmass, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounlat., Latin, adjectiveLatin America, nounLatin American, adjectivelatitude, nounlevee, nounlittoral, nounlong., longitude, nounlongitudinal, adjectivelough, nounlowlands, nounlow-lying, adjectivelow water mark, nounmagnetic north, nounmagnetic pole, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmeander, verbMediterranean, adjectiveMercator projection, nounmeridian, nounmesa, nounMiddle America, nounmidtown, adjectivemonsoon, nounmoorland, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudslide, nounmull, nounnarrows, nounnavigation, nounNE, neck, nounnor'-, prefixnorth, nounnorth, adjectivenorth, adverbNorth America, nounnortheast, nounnortheast, adjectivenortheasterly, adjectivenortheastern, adjectivenortheastwards, adverbnortherly, adjectivenorthern, adjectivenortherner, nounnorthernmost, adjectivenorthwards, adverbnorthwest, nounnorthwest, adjectivenorthwesterly, adjectivenorthwestern, adjectivenorthwestwards, adverbnotch, nounNW, NZ, oasis, nounoccidental, nounocean, nounonshore, adjectiveopenness, nounOrdnance Survey map, nounoriental, adjectiveoutcrop, nounoverspill, nounpack ice, nounpaddy, nounpalisade, nounpan-, prefixpanhandle, nounparallel, nounpeak, nounpeninsula, nounPersian, adjectivephysical geography, nounplain, nounplateau, nounpoint, nounpolar, adjectivepole, nounpolitical geography, nounpollutant, nounpop., populate, verbpopulation, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounprecipitation, nounPrime Meridian, principality, nounprojection, nounpromontory, nounprovince, nounprovincial, adjectivepueblo, nounR, rainfall, nounrain forest, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounrange, nounravine, nounreef, nounreference, nounregion, nounregional, adjectiverelief map, nounreservoir, nounresettle, verbresidential, adjectiveresource, nounridge, nounrift valley, nounrise, verbriver, nounriver basin, nounriver bed, nounRoman, adjectiverotation, nounrugged, adjectiverun-off, nounrural, adjectivesand, nounsand bar, nounsandstorm, nounsandy, adjectivesavanna, nounScandinavian, nounscar, nounscarp, nounscree, nounscrubland, nounSE, seaboard, nounsea breeze, nounseafront, nounsea level, nounseaport, nounseaward, adjectivesection, nounsemitropical, adjectiveshelf, nounslough, nounsmog, nounsnowfield, nounsource, nounsouth, nounsouth, adjectivesouth, adverbSouth America, adjectivesoutheast, nounsoutheast, adjectivesoutheasterly, adjectivesoutheastern, adjectivesoutheastwards, adverbsoutherly, adjectivesouthern, adjectivesouthernmost, adjectivesouthwards, adverbsouthwest, nounsouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivesouthwestern, adjectivesouthwestwards, adverbspeleology, nounspit, nounspur, nounstrait, nounsubcontinent, nounsubtropical, adjectivesuburb, nounsuburban, adjectivesummit, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbSW, swamp, nountableland, nounterrain, nounterritory, nountidal, adjectivetidal wave, nountidewater, nountime zone, nountop, nountopography, nountor, nountornado, nountown, nountown centre, nountowpath, nountrack, nountract, nountrade route, nountrail, nountransatlantic, adjectivetranscontinental, adjectivetributary, nountropic, nountropical, adjectivetundra, nountyphoon, nounUK, the, uncharted, adjectiveup, adverbup-country, adjectiveuplands, nounupper, adjectiveupriver, adverbupstate, adjectiveupstream, adverbuptown, adverburban, adjectiveurbanized, adjectiveurban renewal, nounurban sprawl, nounUS, the, adjectivevalley, nounW, warm front, nounwaste, adjectivewasteland, nounwater, verbwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterfront, nounwaterhole, nounwatering place, nounwater meadow, nounwatershed, nounwater table, nounwaterway, nounweather vane, nounwest, nounwest, adjectiveWest, nounwestern, adjectiveWesterner, nounwesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwilderness, nounwolds, nounzoning, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► high
1a long area of high land, especially at the top of a mountain: · Despite a decent map it had become obvious that we were approaching the high ridge of the mountains.· The high ridge displaces ocean water.· The cottage is set on the highest ridge of the Chiltern Hills and is surrounded by the most glorious countryside.· You can see the trees up on the high ridges from their front porch.
► long· Cloud swirled up from the valleys, clearing spasmodically to reveal distant peaks, ice-cold lakes and the long ridge in front.· From Lose Hill, after descending the long southeastern ridge, the walker has a choice.· They were walking on to the long ridge they had been able to see from the cottage window.· Starting early, I traverse the long ridge of hills that separates me from Isafjördur, arriving late in the afternoon.· Turn left along this lane; a signpost points the way to Norber, a long limestone ridge forming the north-western skyline.
► low· The Trust owned nearly a hundred acres, most of it along a low wooded ridge.· As the driver spoke they crested a low ridge.· Narrow paved streets that are little more than alleys wind informally round a low ridge once densely packed with houses.· Go left over a low ridge and downhill.
► narrow· Handfast Point was joined to the cliff by a narrow ridge at this time.· They are linked by a narrow ridge which dips in the middle to a saddle.
NOUN► mountain· I flew with her into the bush, to land on a tiny crushed-pumice airstrip laid along a mountain ridge.· Steep, inclined tracks helped get it over the mountain ridges.· The highest of the mountain ridges separated the headwaters of the Belpan and Makaa.· For agonizing seconds the Boeing 757 tried to climb, almost clearing a mountain ridge.· The trees and mountain ridges have a magnificent stark beauty.· They know, for example, that plumes in the atmosphere form most commonly over mountain ridges.
► summit· On the summit ridges Racomitrium is often confined to the lee side of boulders.
► walk· Everyone will have their favourite ridge walk, and that's one of mine.· Contact. 19 Three hour ridge walk in Nottinghamshire to Bramcote and Stapleford.· Main pic: classic ridge walk links Bostg and Piz las Palas.· The ridge walks are said to be second only to those of the Cuillin in Skye in terms of drama and scenery.
VERB► climb· By this time we were climbing towards a ridge.· They drove all night to climb the ridge.· The moon becomes ever brighter as the sky darkens, and it climbs above the ridge.· We climbed around on the ridge overlooking the canyon.
► follow· Here join path which follows ridge and turn left.· Those Veins which follow the ridges are termed convex veins and those which follow the furrows concave veins.
► form· It formed a ridge called a terminal moraine.· But beneath the oceans the layer of crust has only recently been formed by the mid-ocean ridge and then dusted with sediment.· Beyond, the huge sea cliffs of the northern edge of Heimæy form a sharp ridge that offers an airy walk.· Basalts are the rocks which are formed at mid-ocean ridges, and which make up the entire oceanic crust.
We made our way carefully along the ridge.2a)something long and thin that is raised above the things around it: A small ridge of sand separated the field from the beach. The ridges on the soles give the shoes a better grip. b)the part at the top of a roof, where the two sides meet3ridge of high pressure technical a long area of high air pressure in the atmosphere, which has an effect on the weather