wedge
noun
a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer.
wedges
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pluralof wedge.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof wedge (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
wedgenouna piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer.
Example Sentences
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It described all of those wedges as “already deployed at an industrial scale,” a characterization that some experts said stretched the facts in the case of carbon capture and storage.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
Zooming through the air in a flying Sky-Sled, he wedges his face into a triple chin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
And this week, even if bombed drives missed wide fairways, the belief was that players would be able to gouge wedges out of the thick rough onto greens and lead to a putt-off.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
She wedges garbage cans into corners to prevent flipping, and warns her guests not to leave their coats within Stella’s reach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
It looks like a pie sliced into twelve equal wedges.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
