ridge

Definitions

• (anatomy) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
• Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
• The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
• The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
• (fortifications) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
• A chain of mountains.
• A chain of hills.
• A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
• (meteorology) An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.