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Wedge   /wɛdʒ/   Listen
Wedge

noun
1.
Any shape that is triangular in cross section.  Synonyms: cuneus, wedge shape.
2.
A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States.  Synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, zep.
3.
A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation.  Synonym: hacek.
4.
A heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe.  Synonym: wedge heel.
5.
(golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole.
6.
Something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them.
7.
A block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object.  Synonym: chock.
verb
(past & past part. wedged; pres. part. wedging)
1.
Put, fix, force, or implant.  Synonyms: deposit, lodge, stick.  "Stick your thumb in the crack"  Antonym: dislodge.
2.
Squeeze like a wedge into a tight space.  Synonyms: force, squeeze.



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"Wedge" Quotes from Famous Books



... Wedge-shaped the Herd raced for the leading horseman; hindermost labored the fatted bulls, but in front thundered ...
— The Outcasts • W. A. Fraser
... without analogous precedent. In the later Middle Ages small craft were assigned the function in battle of trying to wedge up the rudders of great ships or bore holes between wind and water. See Fighting Instructions ...
— Some Principles of Maritime Strategy • Julian Stafford Corbett
... Ida May that she would talk to nobody for the present—especially about the connection of the captain of the Seamew with Ida May's affairs—Sheila believed she had entered a wedge which might open the way for the young man to escape from a situation which threatened both his reputation ...
— Sheila of Big Wreck Cove - A Story of Cape Cod • James A. Cooper
... allowed to prevail in regard to that ill-used but still sacred vineyard! All friends of the Church had then whispered among themselves fearfully, and had, with sad looks and grievous forebodings, acknowledged that the thin edge of the wedge had been driven into the very rock of the Establishment. The enemies of the Church were known to be powerful, numerous, and of course unscrupulous. But surely this Brutus would not raise a dagger against this Caesar! And yet, if not, what was ...
— Phineas Redux • Anthony Trollope
... yards out in the lake, a high wedge of water was sweeping toward him. At the apex of the vee, he could see the shape of a boat, its bow riding ...
— The Weakling • Everett B. Cole


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