Eave [noun]
Definition of Eave:
overhang
Opposite/Antonyms of Eave:
-
Sentence/Example of Eave:
A corner office in direct sunlight is sweltering, while the conference room under the eaves of the building always requires a sweater.
In one settlement, some of the houses are buried up to their eaves in sand.
We had a water truck on it by that point, so as soon as it went out, we hit the eaves with water and saved the house.
"Now when I says 'eave—'eave," Bindle admonished the porter.
Such icicles may be sometimes seen a yard long, pendent from any eave or ledge.
The light within the eave was a dusky twilight at the entrance, which failed altogether in the inner recesses.
A robin had been perched upon a stone griffin sculptured on a house-eave near.
We looked and could see the handle of the key sticking out of the eave over the door.
It was an old-fashioned farmhouse, with a deep eave, and a massive cornice beneath it.
Below the sign, and heavily framed by the dark overhanging eave, the room within was clearly visible from the street.