wedge

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /wɛdʒ/

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Noun

Singular wedge

Plural wedges

A wedge

1. (countable) A wedge is something in the shape of a triangle that someone pushes under a door or into a crack.

   You can break a log into two pieces by knocking a wedge into it with a hammer.

Verb

Plain form wedge

Third-person singular wedges

Past tense wedged

Past participle wedged

Present participle wedging

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you wedge something, you force it into a narrow gap.

   He had wedged the package between the wall and the back of the sofa.

   I wedged into the alcove and listened carefully.

Related words

• wedgie