Ridge
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground. Highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area. A chain of mountains. A chain of hills. A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom. A type of warm air that comes down on to land from mountains.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To form into a ridge To extend in ridges
Example sentence: I was working on this bedroom, and from where I was, in the beating hot sun, I could see Madonna's castle on the next ridge over. It was hilarious - there I was, this Maritime carpenter, staring at Madonna's castle. So it's been a windy road.
Ridgepole
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a horizontal pole that supports the roof of a tenta beam along the ridge of a roof to which the rafters are attached