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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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The meaning of WEDGE is a piece of a substance (such as wood or iron) that tapers to a thin edge and is used for splitting wood and rocks, raising heavy bodies, or for tightening by being driven into something. How to use wedge in a sentence.
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.
1. 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. 2. any formation, structure, or substance in the shape of a wedge: a wedge of cheese.
A wedge is a triangular-shaped solid inserted between two parts in order to prevent movement between them or to force them apart. Drive a triangular wedge into the gap to keep the two parts separate.
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.
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.
wedge. a piece of wood, rubber, metal, etc. with one thick end and one thin, pointed end that you use to keep a door open, to keep two things apart, or to split wood or rock. He hammered the wedge into the crack in the stone.
A piece of wood, metal, or other hard material, thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge at the other; chiefly used as a tool operated by percussion (or, less frequently, pressure) applied to the thick end, for splitting wood, stone, etc., forcing apart contiguous objects, dilating a fissure or cavity, tightening or securing some part of a s...
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.
A wedge is a triangular-shaped solid inserted between two parts in order to prevent movement between them or to force them apart.
