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Chalet vs. Overhanging — What's the Difference?

Chalet vs. Overhanging — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Chalet and Overhanging

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Chalet

A chalet (pronounced in British English; in American English usually ), also called Swiss chalet, is a type of building or house, typical of the Alpine region in Europe. It is made of wood, with a heavy, gently sloping roof and wide, well-supported eaves set at right angles to the front of the house.

Overhanging

To project or extend over
Trees that overhang the stream.

Chalet

A wooden dwelling with a low-pitched roof and wide eaves, common in Alpine regions.

Overhanging

To loom over
The threat of nuclear war overhangs modern society.

Chalet

A cottage or lodge built in this style.
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Overhanging

To project over something
In the shadow where the balcony overhangs.

Chalet

The hut of a herder in the Swiss Alps.

Overhanging

A projecting part, such as an architectural structure or a rock formation.

Chalet

An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves.

Overhanging

An amount of projection
An overhang of six inches.

Chalet

A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland.
Chalets are summer huts for the Swiss herdsmen.

Overhanging

(Nautical) The part of a bow or stern that projects over the water.

Chalet

A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages.

Overhanging

An excess of supply or capacity
An unusually warm winter created an overhang in oil stocks.

Chalet

A Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style

Overhanging

Present participle of overhang

Overhanging

(architecture) overhang

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