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Synonyms for ridge

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for ridge

a long narrow natural elevation or striation

any long raised strip

a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean

a long narrow range of hills

any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane

a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top

extend in ridges

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plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip

throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides

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form into a ridge

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Instead, his observation of the city produces a sense of dread in him: he describes the "giganticism" of the metropolis' architecture as "curiously oppressive" (Mountains 56), continuously refers to its existence as "blasphemous," and confesses that the "ridgy, barrel-shaped designs" of its headlands "stirred up oddly vague, hateful, and confusing semi-remembrances" (Mountains 48) in him analogous to those roused by the "half-sentient musical piping" sound of the wind.
For example, rather than the smooth plaster that most current buildings have, plaster in the sanctuary has a rough, ridgy surface that was common in the 1800s.