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The correct spelling is wedge.
How to pronounce wedge
/wɛdʒ/
nounIPA: /wɛdʒ/
Say it like: Wej
The correct spelling is wedge. 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 spl… For example: "Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut."
Usage Examples
“Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut.”
“Can you cut me a wedge of cheese?”
“I made a big fat wedge from that job.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.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.
- 2.A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
- 3.A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
- 4.Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
- 5.A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.
verb
- 1.To support or secure using a wedge.
- 2.To force into a narrow gap.
- 3.To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
- 4.Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
- 5.To cleave with a wedge.
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