Ridge vs Barrow - What's the difference?
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(lb) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
:(Hudibras)
Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
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*:It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
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, chapter=26, title= (lb) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
:(Stocqueler)
A chain of mountains.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:the frozen ridges of the Alps
A chain of hills.
A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
(lb) A type of warm air that comes down on to land from mountains.
To form into a ridge
To extend in ridges
(obsolete) A mountain.
A hill.
A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.
(mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.
A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.
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, title= (saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.
Ridge is a related term of barrow.
As proper nouns the difference between ridge and barrow
is that ridge is after a natural landscape feature while barrow is .ridge
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (dialectal)Noun
(wikipedia ridge) (en noun)The Dust of Conflict, passage=Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it dimly, a blur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky.}}
Derived terms
* combing ridge * ridge course * ridgyVerb
(ridg)See also
* crestAnagrams
* *barrow
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) berwe, bergh, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (mound of earth over a grave)Etymology 2
From (etyl) . More at bear.Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The turmoil went on—no rest, no peace. […] It was nearly eleven o'clock now, and he strolled out again. In the little fair created by the costers' barrows the evening only seemed beginning; and the naphtha flares made one's eyes ache, the men's voices grated harshly, and the girls' faces saddened one.}}