wedge

Definitions of wedge in various dictionaries:

noun - any shape that is triangular in cross section

noun - 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)

noun - a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation

noun - a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe

noun - (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole

noun - something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them

noun - a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object

verb - put, fix, force, or implant

verb - squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

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.

Something shaped like a wedge: a wedge of pie.

A wedge-shaped formation, as in football or ground warfare.

Something that intrudes and causes division or disruption: His nomination drove a wedge into party unity.

Something that forces an opening or a beginning: a wedge in the war on poverty.

An iron golf club with a very slanted face, used to lift the ball, as from sand.

One of the triangular characters of cuneiform writing.

To split or force apart with or as if with a wedge.

To fix in place or tighten with a wedge.

To become lodged or jammed.

verb - to force apart with a wedge (a tapering piece of wood or metal)

WEDGE - A wedge is a triangular shaped tool, and is a portable inclined plane, and one of the six classical simple machines. It can be used to separate two o...