wedge

CEFRB2

/wɛd͡ʒ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A piece with a pointed end used to split, hold, or lift things.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.

Examples

  • The screw, the lever, the wedge, the pulley, etc. are called simple machines.

  • Yanni's definition of help drove a wedge between him and Skura.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.

  2. One of the simple machines; 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.

  3. A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.

More examples

In context

  • More painful than any wedge.

  • Can you cut me a wedge of cheese?

  • Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut.

Synonyms

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He had to blank the heavy door open with a block of wood to let air in.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English wegge (“wedge”), from Old English weċġ (“wedge”), from Proto-West Germanic *wagi, from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz.