Eaves

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • noun-plural. The projecting overhang at the lower edge of a roof.
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  • n. The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun-plural. The edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which overhang the walls, and cast off the water that falls on the roof.
  • noun-plural. Brow; ridge.
  • noun-plural. Eyelids or eyelashes.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Edge; border; margin.
  • Specifically The lower edge of a roof; that part of the roof of a building which projects beyond the wall and sheds the water that falls on the roof; hence, figuratively, any projecting rim.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the overhang at the lower edge of a roof
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    overhang   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    brow    ridge    overhang   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Eves    Steves    achieves    believes    cleaves    eves    greaves    grieves    heaves    interleaves   
     
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