[
UK
/wˈɛdʒ/
]
[ US /ˈwɛdʒ/ ]
[ US /ˈwɛdʒ/ ]
NOUN
- something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
- (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
- any shape that is triangular in cross section
- a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
- 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 block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
- a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
VERB
-
squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
I squeezed myself into the corner -
put, fix, force, or implant
stick your thumb in the crack
lodge a bullet in the table
How To Use wedge In A Sentence
- Auntie Ann put a huge wedge of fruit cake on my plate.
- Please wedge this cabinet to keep it from tipping.
- Going into the large yard, he cut two oaken wedges, took a new wheel, and drove a wedge firmly into one end of its axle-box. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
- It seemed that every bar, no matter how tiny, had wedged a trio of musicians into a corner - one singing, one playing guitar and another scratching out a raspy beat on the guiro, a hollow gourd played with a stick.
- Serve the oysters topped with the shallot relish and lemon wedges. Times, Sunday Times
- Serves 2-4, depending on hunger4 raw, unshelled tiger prawns90ml olive oil3 cloves garlic, finely chopped500ml good-quality fish stock150g sustainable monkfish, cut into chunks1 onion, finely diced1 tsp smoked paprika200g chopped tomatoes50ml dry white winePinch of saffron soaked in 1 tbsp hot water200g Calasparra or other short-grain rice150g baby squid, cut into rings150g broad beans150g mussels, scrubbedHandful of flat-leaf parsley to garnish½ lemon, cut into wedges 1. Shell the prawns and put the flesh aside. How to cook the perfect paella
- No need for extra coaches or extra trains, just wedge more passengers in to the existing carriages.
- You can play this shot off any lie, even bare ground if your wedge has minimal bounce.
- Woe slipped into the wheel; the merchant caught up the oaken wedge, and drove it into the axle-box from the other side. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore
- As she entered, I was standing in front of the oversized mirror wedged in between a dozen or so teenaged girls all scrambling to restore their fallen bouffants.