Overhang

Quick meaning: Overhang is a verb meaning (transitive) To hang over (something).

Meaning

(transitive) To hang over (something).

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To impend.
2. (economics) The volume that tips the balance between the demand and the supply toward demand lagging supply.
3. (architecture) That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building.
4. A fatty roll of pubis flab that hangs over one's genitals; a FUPA.
5. Anything that overhangs or protrudes over its base, such as a wave immediately before breaking, or a protruding cliff or rock wall.

Example Sentences

At that time, the upper part of the tower overhanged its base by about fourteen feet.

Her brow was overhung with coins of gold, / That sparkled o'er the auburn of her hair [...].

These are firstly for products which need a cool room; secondly for products which can be stored on a standard pallet without overhang; and thirdly for products known as "the uglies" which always overhang a standard pallet.

Word Forms

• overhangs
• overhanging
• overhung
• overhanged

Synonyms for overhang

Depending on context, synonyms include beetle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include beetle, slope, gradient, loading, build-up, accumulation.

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