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- Dictionarywedge/wɛdʒ/
noun
- 1. a piece of wood, metal, etc. having one thick end and tapering to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to secure or separate them: "the door was secured by a wedge" Similar
- 2. a golf club with a low, angled face for maximum loft.
verb
- 1. fix in position using a wedge: "the door was wedged open"
- 2. force into a narrow space: "she wedged her holdall between two bags"
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a piece of metal, wood, rubber, etc. with a pointed edge at one end and a wide edge at the other, either pushed between two objects to keep them still or forced into something to break pieces off it: Push a wedge under the door to keep it open while we're carrying the boxes in.
- English (US)
a piece of metal, wood, rubber, etc. with a pointed edge at...
- Simplified
WEDGE translate: 形状, (金属、木头或橡胶等制成的)楔子,三角木, 楔形物,三角形物(尤指食物),...
- Znaczenie Wedge, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
wedge definicja: 1. a piece of metal, wood, rubber, etc....
- Wedge: Danish Translation
wedge - translate into Danish with the English-Danish...
- Wedge: Italian Translation
wedge translate: cuneo, spicchio, cuneo, spicchio,...
- Wedge: Russian Translation
WEDGE translate: что-либо клинообразное, треугольный кусок ,...
- Wedge: Catalan Translation
wedge translate: falca, tall. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Wedge: German Translation
wedge translate: der Keil, die Ecke, verkeilen. Learn more...
- English (US)
A wedge is a piece of a substance that tapers to a thin edge and is used for splitting, lifting, or tightening. It can also mean something that causes a separation, a shoe with a heel, or a golf club with a low-angled face.
A wedge is a piece of something with a pointed edge and a wide edge, used to keep or break things apart. Learn how to use wedge as a noun or a verb, and see different types of wedges in sports, shoes and food.
noun. a block of solid material, esp wood or metal, that is shaped like a narrow V in cross section and can be pushed or driven between two objects or parts of an object in order to split or secure them. any formation, structure, or substance in the shape of a wedge. a wedge of cheese.
If you wedge something, you force it to remain in a particular position by holding it there tightly or by fixing something next to it to prevent it from moving. I shut the shed door and wedged it with a log of wood.
A wedge is a block of wood that keeps a door propped open, or a problem that pulls people apart, like the jealousy that drove a wedge between two friends. Wedge means "triangle-shaped." Pieces of pie are wedges. So are tortilla chips.
wedge definition: 1. a piece of something that is thin at one end and thicker at the other: 2. to use a wedge or…. Learn more.