Phonetics:
Meanings:
noun
Definition: 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.
Example: Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut.
Definition: A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
Example: Can you cut me a wedge of cheese?
Definition: A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
Definition: Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
Definition: A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.
Definition: A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
Definition: A group of geese, swans or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
Definition: One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
Definition: A quantity of money.
Example: I made a big fat wedge from that job.
Definition: A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
Example: I ordered a chicken parm wedge from the deli.
Definition: Háček
Definition: The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
Definition: The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
Definition: A wedge tornado.
Definition: A market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).
verb
Definition: To support or secure using a wedge.
Example: I wedged open the window with a screwdriver.
Definition: To force into a narrow gap.
Example: He had wedged the package between the wall and the back of the sofa.
Definition: To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
Definition: Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
Example: My Linux kernel wedged after I installed the latest update.
Definition: To cleave with a wedge.
Definition: To force or drive with a wedge.
Definition: To shape into a wedge.