Meaning & use
Overhangs
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Parts of structures or natural features that project outward beyond the parts below them.
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Climbers tested their strength on the steep rock overhangs.
The roof's wide overhangs kept rain from splashing against the windows.
A note on using this word
Also used as a verb ('the balcony overhangs the street'), describing something that extends out and above another surface.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To extend or project out over something.
A thick canopy of branches overhangs the trail.
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