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- [wej]
- /wɛdʒ/
- /wedʒ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [wej]
- /wɛdʒ/
Definitions of wedge word
- noun wedge a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer. Compare machine (def 3b). 1
- noun wedge a piece of anything of like shape: a wedge of pie. 1
- noun wedge a cuneiform character or stroke of this shape. 1
- noun wedge Meteorology. (formerly) an elongated area of relatively high pressure. 1
- noun wedge something that serves to part, split, divide, etc.: The quarrel drove a wedge into the party organization. 1
- noun wedge Military. (formerly) a tactical formation generally in the form of a V with the point toward the enemy. 1
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Origin of wedge
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English wegge (noun), Old English wecg; cognate with dialectal German Weck (Old High German wecki), Old Norse veggr
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Parts of speech for Wedge
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wedge popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
wedge usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for wedge
noun wedge
- segment — one of the parts into which something naturally separates or is divided; a division, portion, or section: a segment of an orange.
- block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
- chock — a block or wedge of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
- sliver — a small, slender, often sharp piece, as of wood or glass, split, broken, or cut off, usually lengthwise or with the grain; splinter.
- hunk — a large piece or lump; chunk.
verb wedge
- lodge — Henry Cabot, 1850–1924, U.S. public servant and author: senator 1893–1924.
- hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- fix — to repair; mend.
- jam — to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
- cram — If you cram things or people into a container or place, you put them into it, although there is hardly enough room for them.
Antonyms for wedge
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