| Front | wedge |
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| Back | wedge noun, verb BrE /wedʒ/ NAmE /wedʒ/ noun word origin example bank 1 a piece of wood, rubber, metal, etc. with one thick end and one thin pointed end that you use to keep a door open, to keep two things apart, or to split wood or rock He hammered the wedge into the crack in the stone. (figurative) I don't want to drive a wedge between the two of you (= to make you start disliking each other). 2 something that is shaped like a wedge or that is used like a wedge a wedge of cake shoes with wedge heels 3 a golf club that has the part that you hit the ball with shaped like a wedge see the thin end of the wedge at thin adj. verb verb forms word origin example bank 1 ~ sth + adv./prep. to put or squeeze sth tightly into a narrow space, so that it cannot move easily jam The boat was now wedged between the rocks. She wedged herself into the passenger seat. The phone was wedged under his chin. 2 ~ sth (+ adj.) to make sth stay in a particular position, especially open or shut, by placing sth against it to wedge the door open |
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