sledge

CEFRB1

/slɛd͡ʒ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A heavy sled or a large hammer.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A low sled drawn by animals, typically on snow, ice or grass.

Examples

  • I bought the new sledge for my son.

  • The children are pulling the sledge up the hill.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To hit with a sledgehammer.

  2. A heavy, long handled maul or hammer used to drive stakes, wedges, etc.

  3. A card game resembling all fours and seven-up; old sledge.

More examples

In context

  • The sledge ran far better upon the ice; I cannot say the same for the dogs.

  • 2006, Godfrey (EDT) Baldacchino, Extreme Tourism: Lessons from the World's Cold Water Islands Some of these may be closely associated with the day-to-day lifestyle of such communities — marine activities (fishing, wildlife viewing), mountain activities (absei...

  • Ty'd upon the Sledge, a Papist and a Protestant in front, being two very disparate and antipathetick Companions, was a very ridiculous Science of Cruelty, even worst than Death it self (says he).

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Origin

noun

From Middle English slegge, from Old English sleċġ (“sledgehammer; mallet”), from Proto-Germanic *slagjǭ. Cognate with Dutch slegge (“sledge”), Swedish slägga (“sledge”), Norwegian Bokmål slegge (“sledge”), Norwegian Nynorsk sleggje (“sledge”), Icelandic sleggja (“sledge”), German Schlägel.