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/wɛd͡ʒ/ · noun
One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering..
Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut.
Can you cut me a wedge of cheese?
We ordered a box of baked potato wedges with our pizza, and an iceberg wedge as our side salad.
Near-synonyms: wedge issue, salami tactics, culture wars
drive a wedge between [persons, peoples, camps, allies, etc.]
It is one of the ironies of capital cities that each acts as a symbol of its nation, and yet few are even remotely representative of it. London has always set itself apart from the rest of Britain — but political, economic and social trends are conspiring to drive that wedge deeper.
She was wearing wedges, and I have a horrible suspicion they were her mum's wedges left over from the last century.
Open the Males, yet guard the treaſure ſure. Lay out our golden wedges to the view, That their reflexions may amaze the Perſeans.
Use wedge when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wedge means One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering..
Common synonyms include skein, turned v, wooden wedge, wedge issue.
Possible antonyms include free, dislodge.
Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut.
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