Wedge

Quick meaning: Wedge is a noun meaning A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.

Meaning

A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
2. (architecture) A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
3. (zoology, collective) A group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
4. (golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
5. 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.
6. (geometry) A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
7. (archaic) A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.

Example Sentences

Can you cut me a wedge of cheese?

Near-synonyms: wedge issue, salami tactics, culture wars

drive a wedge between [persons, peoples, camps, allies, etc.]

Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut.

Word Forms

• wedges
• wedging
• wedged

Synonyms for wedge

Depending on context, synonyms include skein, squeeze, stick, deposit, torpedo, submarine.

Antonyms for wedge

Common opposites include free, dislodge.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chock, submarine, sub, lodge, bomber, deposit.

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