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Noun: overhang  'ow-vu(r),hang
  1. Projection that extends beyond or hangs over something else
    "The roof overhang provided shelter from the rain"
Verb: overhang (overhung)  'ow-vu(r),hang
  1. Project over
    "The roof overhangs the garden"
     
  2. Be suspended over or hang over
    "Dark clouds overhang the valley";
    - beetle

Derived forms: overhanging, overhangs, overhung

Type of: hang, jut, jut out, project, projection, protrude, stick out

Encyclopedia: Overhang