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wedge

B2 noun

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  1. nêm · chêm

    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.

    countable · uncountable

    Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut.

  2. người đứng cuối danh sách kỳ thi classical tripos

    A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.

    countable · uncountable

    Can you cut me a wedge of cheese?

  3. Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.

    countable · figuratively · uncountable

    Near-synonyms: wedge issue, salami tactics, culture wars

  4. A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.

    countable · uncountable

  5. A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.

    countable · uncountable

  6. A group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.

    collective · countable · uncountable

  7. A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.

    countable · uncountable

  8. One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.

    countable · uncountable

    She was wearing wedges, and I have a horrible suspicion they were her mum's wedges left over from the last century.

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wed /ˈwɛd/

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