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wedge


wedge - noun

  • any shape that is triangular in cross section
  • a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
  • a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
  • a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
  • (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
  • something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
  • a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object

    • wedge - verb

    • put, fix, force, or implant
    • squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

    wedge - thesaurus

    bomber   chock   cuneus   deposit   force   grinder   hacek   hero   hoagie   hoagy   lodge   squeeze   stick   sub   submarine   torpedo   zep  


    View spelling list Words ending in -dge and learn about the word wedge in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 19. Soft g: ge, gi, gy.

    Scrabble score for wedge

    w is 4 e is 1 d is 2 g is 2 e is 1
    Scrabble score = 10

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