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eave
[ eev ]
noun
- Usually eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- Often eaves. the overhanging edge of anything, as a hat.
Other Words From
- eaved adjective
- un·eaved adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
As he worked one day, he found in the eaves of the porch roof a copy of The Washington Post from a day in 1933.
Larry took that day’s Washington Post, rested it atop the 60-year-old newspaper and put them both back under the eaves.
A corner office in direct sunlight is sweltering, while the conference room under the eaves of the building always requires a sweater.
In one settlement, some of the houses are buried up to their eaves in sand.
We had a water truck on it by that point, so as soon as it went out, we hit the eaves with water and saved the house.
"Now when I says 'eave—'eave," Bindle admonished the porter.
Such icicles may be sometimes seen a yard long, pendent from any eave or ledge.
The light within the eave was a dusky twilight at the entrance, which failed altogether in the inner recesses.
A robin had been perched upon a stone griffin sculptured on a house-eave near.
We looked and could see the handle of the key sticking out of the eave over the door.
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