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View synonyms for eave
eave
[ eev ]
noun
- Usually eaves. the overhanging lower edge of a roof.
- Often eaves. the overhanging edge of anything, as a hat.
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Other Words From
- eaved adjective
- un·eaved adjective
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Example Sentences
"Now when I says 'eave—'eave," Bindle admonished the porter.
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Such icicles may be sometimes seen a yard long, pendent from any eave or ledge.
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The light within the eave was a dusky twilight at the entrance, which failed altogether in the inner recesses.
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A robin had been perched upon a stone griffin sculptured on a house-eave near.
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We looked and could see the handle of the key sticking out of the eave over the door.
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