ridgeline
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.33 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "To either side there are beautiful views from the trail along the ridgeline."
- "a. 2007, Federal Aviation Administration, Rotorcraft Flying Handbook, →ISBN, Skyhorse Publishing, 2007, p. 10-8 http://books.google.com/books?id=Bk9fOM4zsKwC&pg=PT97&dq=ridgeline&sig=9rt5EdI_M39hmj7A4pxbJZ8PX-k A ridgeline is a long area from which the surface drops away steeply on one or two sides, such as a bluff or precipice."
- "As the trail flattens out, it follows the draw up right to a saddle in the ridgeline."
- "Surface runoff from ridgeline development can contaminate rivers and streams that supply drinking water downstream."
- "These ridgelines and hilltops are exceptional aesthetic and ecological resources, visible from many perspectives and distances."
- "Standing atop the ridgeline, King Edward watched the nightmare scenario he himself had predicted."