Meaning & use

eave

noun·Academic

The part of a roof that overhangs the outer wall of a building, often used in the plural.

See it in a sentence

Icicles hung from the eaves after the storm coated the roof in ice.

Swallows built their nest just under the eave above the back door.

A note on using this word

Eave is almost always used in the plural, 'eaves,' even when referring to one continuous edge of a roof.

Words with a similar meaning

overhang

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