Usually means: Overhanging edges of a roof.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. eaves: Merriam-Webster
  2. eaves: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. eaves: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. eaves: Collins English Dictionary
  5. eaves: Vocabulary.com
  6. Eaves, eaves: Wordnik
  7. eaves: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. eaves: Wiktionary
  9. eaves: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Eaves, eaves: Dictionary.com
  11. eaves: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Eaves: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Eaves: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. eaves: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. eaves: Rhymezone
  16. Eaves: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. eaves: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. eaves: FreeDictionary.org
  19. eaves: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. eaves: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. eaves: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. eaves: Encyclopedia

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  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. eaves: A Word A Day

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  1. Eaves: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Eaves)

▸ noun:  (architecture) The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.
▸ noun:  (by extension) Something that extends over or projects beyond.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  A hamlet in Woodplumpton parish, city of Preston district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4937).

Similar:
roof, eavesdrop, soffit, parapet, rooftop, edge venting, ceiling, pent roof, roofspace, deck roof, more...

Opposite:
gable, roof peak, ridge

Types:
gable, dormer, hipped, mansard, flat, shed, jerkinhead, gambrel, more...

Phrases:
eaves trough, eaves troughs, eaves gutter, eaves dropping, eaves board, more...

Adjectives:
wide, low, broad, deep, thatched, curved, upturned, wooden, very, long, overhanging

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Similar:
roof, eavesdrop, soffit, parapet, rooftop, edge venting, ceiling, pent roof, roofspace, deck roof, more...

Opposite:
gable, roof peak, ridge

Types:
gable, dormer, hipped, mansard, flat, shed, jerkinhead, gambrel, more...

Phrases:
eaves trough, eaves troughs, eaves gutter, eaves dropping, eaves board, eaves molding, eaves swallow, eaves channel, eaves lath, eaves catch, eaves dropper, eaves droppers, eaves spout, Tom Eaves, Mrs Eaves, more...

Adjectives:
wide, low, broad, deep, thatched, curved, upturned, wooden, very, long, overhanging

Colors:
    brown,     green,     gray,     beige,     taupe, more...



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