🇬🇧 Edge meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

The edge is the outside part or furthest end of something. It’s where something stops and there is either nothing or something different after it. For example, the edge of a table is where the flat top ends, and beyond that, things can fall off. The edge of a cliff is the very end of the land before it goes straight down. The edge of a piece of paper is its border all around it. Edges help us know where things begin and end, and they can be safe or dangerous depending on what is past the edge.

I balanced my pencil on the edge of the desk to see if it was magical; it proved it wasn’t by falling immediately.

My bookmark stuck out from the edge of the book like a little flag saying, “You stopped here, you quitter.”

The turtle reached the edge of the sidewalk, sighed, and decided that was enough travel for one day.

I tiptoed to the edge of my patience when my brother sang the same song one hundred times.

My notebook fell off the edge of my desk because gravity wanted to read my homework too.

A cat sits on the edge of the table. A boy sits on the edge of a chair and sees a ball on the table edge. He puts out his hand, but the cat moves to the edge and taps the ball. The ball falls from the edge and rolls to the boy's foot. He laughs and hugs the cat.

This word is at the A2 level, which means it’s useful for simple, everyday situations. You might use it when shopping, traveling, or talking about your hobbies. Words at this level help you build confidence in practical, routine conversations.

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