- 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.
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- something that is like a wedge in shape or that is used like a wedge
- a wedge of cake/cheese
- shoes with wedge heels
Extra Examples- He cut a great wedge out of the cake and began to eat it.
- Serve the fish with salad and wedges of lemon.
- a shoe with a wedge heel (= one that forms a solid block with the bottom part of the shoe)
- a pair of wedges
- a type of golf club that has its face (= the part that you hit the ball with) at a greater angle than other types of golf clubTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
Word OriginOld English wecg (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wig.
Idioms
See wedge in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarydrive a wedge between A and B
- to make two people start disliking each other
- I don't want to drive a wedge between the two of you.
- This was just one of the issues that drove a wedge between them.
the thin end of the wedge
- (especially British English) an event or action that is the beginning of something more serious and/or unpleasant
- The introduction of a tax on workplace parking is seen by many as the thin end of the wedge.
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