Just as Tom looked up, an icicle fell from overhang of roof.
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Overhang
//ˈəʊvəhaŋ//
Synonyms for "overhang" (70 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
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1 entrieshas context
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6 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- стряха noun (anything that overhangs)
- издавам се verb (hang over, as an ornament)
- надвисвам verb (hang over, as an ornament)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 悬垂 verb (hang over, as an ornament)
Czech
1 entries- převis noun (anything that overhangs)
Dutch
1 entries- overhangen verb (hang over, as an ornament)
Esperanto
1 entries- alero noun (in architecture)
French
3 entries- surplomb noun (in architecture)
- surplomb noun (anything that overhangs)
- surplomber verb (hang over, as an ornament)
Hindi
2 entries- छज्जा noun (in architecture)
- छज्जा verb (hang over, as an ornament)
Indonesian
2 entries- emper verb (hang over, as an ornament)
- emperan verb (hang over, as an ornament)
Italian
3 entries- aggettare verb (hang over, as an ornament)
- sporgere verb (hang over, as an ornament)
- sportare verb (hang over, as an ornament)
Māori
4 entries- tauwharenga noun (anything that overhangs)
- tauwharewharenga noun (anything that overhangs)
- tīarearetanga noun (anything that overhangs)
- wharenga noun (anything that overhangs)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- تنته noun (in architecture)
- صایوان noun (in architecture)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schautendak noun (anything that overhangs)
Russian
1 entries- нависа́ть verb (hang over, as an ornament)
Slovak
3 entries- nadbytok noun (anything that overhangs)
- prebytok noun (anything that overhangs)
- previs noun (anything that overhangs)
Spanish
1 entries- protuberancia noun (anything that overhangs)
Turkish
1 entries- sayvan noun (in architecture)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Tucked under a sandstone overhang, Balcony House offers visitors a magnificent view of the surrounding countryside.
Source: tatoeba (11335486)
Her brow was overhung with coins of gold, / That sparkled o'er the auburn of her hair [...].
Source: wiktionary
At that time, the upper part of the tower overhanged its base by about fourteen feet.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.