| NOUN | shape | wedge, wedge shape, cuneus | any shape that is triangular in cross section |
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| food | wedge, bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, zep | 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) | |
| communication | wedge, hacek | a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation | |
| artifact | wedge, wedge heel | a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe | |
| artifact | wedge | (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole | |
| artifact | wedge | something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them | |
| artifact | wedge, chock | a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object | |
| VERB | contact | wedge, lodge, stick, deposit | put, fix, force, or implant |
| contact | wedge, squeeze, force | squeeze like a wedge into a tight space |
| Sounds | weh'jh | |
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| Rhymes | allege ... straightedge: 11 rhymes with ehjh... | |
| Meaning | Any shape that is triangular in cross section. | |
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| Synonyms | wedge shape, cuneus | |
| Broader | triangle, trigon, trilateral | A three-sided polygon |
| Spanish | cuña, cuneus | |
| Catalan | cuneus, falca | |
| Adjectives | wedge-shaped | shaped like a wedge |
| Verbs | wedge | squeeze like a wedge into a tight space |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, zep | |
| Broader | sandwich | Two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them |
| Spanish | hoagie, submarino, zep | |
| Catalan | hoagie, hoagy, zep | |
| Meaning | A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation. | |
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| Synonym | hacek | |
| Broader | diacritical mark, diacritic | A mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation |
| Spanish | hacek | |
| Catalan | hacek | |
| Meaning | A heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe. | |
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| Synonym | wedge heel | |
| Part of | wedgie | A shoe with a wedge heel |
| Broader | heel | The bottom of a shoe or boot |
| Meaning | (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole. | |
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| Category | golf, golf game | A game / game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes |
| Narrower | pitching wedge | A wedge used to loft the golf ball over obstacles |
| sand wedge | A wedge used to get out of sand traps | |
| Broader | iron | A golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head |
| Meaning | Something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them. | |
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| Narrower | ax head, axe head | The cutting head of an ax |
| colter, coulter | A sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil | |
| moldboard, mouldboard | Wedge formed by the curved part of a steel plow blade that turns the furrow | |
| plowshare, ploughshare, share | A sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil | |
| quoin, coign, coigne | expandable metal / metal or wooden wedge used by printers / printers to lock up a form within a chase | |
| shim | A thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices / crevices | |
| Broader | inclined plane | A simple machine for elevating objects |
| Spanish | calce | |
| Verbs | wedge | squeeze like a wedge into a tight space |
| Meaning | A block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object. | |
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| Synonym | chock | |
| Narrower | sprag | A chock or bar wedged / wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline |
| Broader | block | A solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides) |
| Spanish | calzo, cuña | |
| Catalan | falca, tascó | |
| Meaning | Put, fix, force, or implant. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Model | They wedge the books into the box | |
| Synonyms | lodge, stick, deposit | |
| Narrower | redeposit | Deposit anew |
| Broader | fasten, fix, secure | Cause to be firmly attached |
| Opposite | dislodge, free | Remove or force out from a position |
| Spanish | adherir, calzar, depositar, encajar, enganchar, pegar | |
| Catalan | adherir-se, adherir, encaixar, enganxar, falcar, tasconar | |
| Meaning | squeeze like a wedge into a tight space. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | squeeze, force | |
| Entailed by | bulldoze | flatten with or as if with a bulldozer |
| Narrower | compress, compact, pack together | make more compact by or as if by pressing |
| impact | Press or wedge together | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | encajar | |
| Catalan | comprimir, encaixar, esprémer, estrènyer, falcar, premsar, tasconar | |
| Nouns | wedge | something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them |
| wedge | any shape that is triangular in cross section | |
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