overhang

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1. overhang - Noun

2. overhang - Verb

Meaning

To impend or hang over.

To hang over; to jut or project over.

To jut over.

In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet.

Specifically: The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc.

The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line.

The projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported; as, the overhang of a shaft; i. e., its projection beyond its bearing.

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The woods are a place where children can go to think. Children gravitate towards these spaces. When I was a child it was nothing more than a scrubby little overhang under a rhododendron bush, but it was incredibly important to me. Jay Griffiths

This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town Source: Internet

Another factor can be how overhang seats are handled, district seats that a party wins in excess of the number due to it under the list vote. Source: Internet

And that debt overhang is one reason why JPMorgan disagrees with former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke, who the economic shock from the coronavirus "is really much closer to a major snowstorm or a natural disaster than it is to a classic 1930s-style depression." Source: Internet

At the same time, it would abolish the single-seat threshold any such seats would then be overhang seats and would otherwise have increased the size of parliament further and reduce the vote threshold from 5% to 4%. Source: Internet

; brioche : a sweet yeast bun, kind of a crossover between a popover and a light muffin; French also use the term as slang for 'potbelly', because of the overhang effect. Source: Internet

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