ridge
Spine of earth
A ridge is a long, narrow elevated strip—the top edge where two slopes meet.
Mountain ridges form where peaks connect.
A roof ridge is where two slanted surfaces join at the top.
Ridges appear on smaller scales too: the ridges of corduroy fabric, the ridges on a fingertip.
To ridge is to form into ridges: Wind ridged the sand into parallel lines.
Peak or diplomatic gathering
- peakUtmost height attained
- crestHighest point or tuft
- alpineOf high elevations
- sierraSaw-toothed mountain range
cordillera · range · foothills · escarpment · highland · massif · saddle · col
Formed into parallel folds
- ribbedWith raised parallel lines
- groovedHaving linear indentations
- raisedLifted higher up
- embossedHaving raised design
furrowed · lined · striated · corduroy · washboard · wavy · undulating · rippled
Parallel geological layers
- tectonicsStudy of crustal deformation
- faultImperfection or blame
- outcropSurfacing native stone
- moraineGlacier-deposited debris pile
drumlin · esker · anticline · syncline · rift · continental · oceanic · spreading
summit
Peak or diplomatic gathering
sierra · cordillera · range · foothills · escarpment · highland · massif · saddle · col · arête
shingles
Overlapping roof cladding
beam · rafter · hip · gable · peak · flashing · capping · board · roll · seal
corrugated
Formed into parallel folds
embossed · furrowed · lined · striated · corduroy · washboard · wavy · undulating · rippled · serrated
strata
Parallel geological layers
moraine · drumlin · esker · anticline · syncline · rift · continental · oceanic · spreading · subduction
vertebral
Of the backbone
occipital · iliac · alveolar · bone · cranial · dental · orbital · mandibular · sacral · palate
furrow
Narrow trench in earth
terracing · row · bed · potato · cultivation · earthing · mounding · planting · drainage · soil
whorl
Spiral arrangement of ridges
minutiae · bifurcation · identification · biometric · latent · print · forensic · dermal · papillary · friction
- mountain ridgeElevated crest connecting peaks
- ridge lineHighest continuous edge
- Blue Ridge MountainsAppalachian subrange, eastern US
- roof ridge
- Blue RidgeAppalachian subrange in the East
- brow ridgeBone prominence above eyes
ridged, ridges, ridging, ridgeline, ridgepole, ridgelike, ridgetop, ridgelines, ridgeback