| wedge | | |
| n. (shape) | 1. cuneus, wedge, wedge shape | any shape that is triangular in cross section. |
| ~ triangle, trigon, trilateral | a three-sided polygon. |
| n. (food) | 2. bomber, cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep | 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. |
| ~ sandwich | two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them. |
| n. (communication) | 3. hacek, wedge | a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation. |
| ~ diacritic, diacritical mark | a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. wedge, wedge heel | a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe. |
| ~ heel | the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation. |
| ~ wedgie | a shoe with a wedge heel. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. wedge | (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole. |
| ~ golf, golf game | a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes. |
| ~ iron | a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head. |
| ~ pitching wedge | a wedge used to loft the golf ball over obstacles. |
| ~ sand wedge | a wedge used to get out of sand traps. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. wedge | something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them. |
| ~ ax head, axe head | the cutting head of an ax. |
| ~ colter, coulter | a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil. |
| ~ inclined plane | a simple machine for elevating objects; consists of plane surface that makes an acute angle with the horizontal. |
| ~ moldboard, mouldboard | wedge formed by the curved part of a steel plow blade that turns the furrow. |
| ~ ploughshare, plowshare, share | a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil. |
| ~ coign, coigne, quoin | expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase. |
| ~ shim | a thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. chock, wedge | a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object. |
| ~ block | a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides).; "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks" |
| ~ sprag | a chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline. |
| v. (contact) | 8. deposit, lodge, stick, wedge | put, fix, force, or implant.; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack" |
| ~ fasten, fix, secure | cause to be firmly attached.; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
| ~ redeposit | deposit anew.; "The water had redeposited minerals on the rocks" |
| v. (contact) | 9. force, squeeze, wedge | squeeze like a wedge into a tight space.; "I squeezed myself into the corner" |
| ~ impact | press or wedge together; pack together. |
| ~ compress, pack together, compact | make more compact by or as if by pressing.; "compress the data" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
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