overhang

Other forms: overhanging; overhung; overhangs

Definitions of overhang
  1. verb
    project over
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    type of:
    jut, jut out, project, protrude, stick out
    extend out or project in space
  2. verb
    be suspended over or hang over
    synonyms: beetle
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    type of:
    hang
    be suspended or hanging
Definitions of overhang
  1. noun
    projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else
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    types:
    eaves
    the overhang at the lower edge of a roof
    fantail
    an overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship
    type of:
    projection
    any structure that branches out from a central support
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