wedgenoun
uk/wedʒ/us/wedʒ/wedge noun (SHAPE)
[ C ] a piece of metal, wood, rubber, etc. with a pointed edge at one end and a wide edge at the other, either pushed between two objects to keep them still or forced into something to break pieces off it:
[ C ] a piece of something, especially food, in the shape of a triangle:
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Tools
- adze
- Allen key
- anvil
- auger
- awl
- axe
- excavator
- grappling iron/hook
- grindstone
- guillotine
- hacksaw
- hatchet
- mallet
- plunger
- reamer
- sander
- sandpaper
- scissor
- scissors
- vane
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wedge noun (SHOES)
women's shoes with a heel all the way under the shoe
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Shoes
- ankle boot
- ballet shoe
- Birkenstock
- bootlace
- bootstrap
- brogue
- gumboot
- high heels
- high-top
- hobnail boot
- insole
- instep
- shoehorn
- shoelace
- shoestring
- shoetree
- skyscraper heels
- spat
- welly
- whitening
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wedgeverb [ T ]
uk/wedʒ/us/wedʒ/to make something stay in a particular position by using a wedge:
to put something into a very small or narrow space, so that it cannot move easily:
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Closing and blocking
- barricade
- batten
- batten down the hatches idiom
- block sth off
- block sth up
- dam
- dam sth up
- dark
- ensconce
- ensconced
- gum
- gum sth up
- jam
- seal
- shut (sth) off
- shut sb/sth out
- shutter
- silt (sth) up
- snap
- the darkest hour is just before the dawn idiom
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