Meaning & use
eave
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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