wedge
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wedge1
▶noun
- 1 a piece of wood, metal, etc. with a thick end that tapers to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to secure or separate them.
- 2 a wedge-shaped thing or piece.
■ a golf club with a low, angled face for maximum loft.
- 3 a shoe with a fairly high heel forming a solid block with the sole.
- 4 Brit. informal money or earnings.
- 1 fix in position using a wedge.
- 2 force into a narrow space.
– phrases
drive a wedge between cause a breach between.
the thin end of the wedge informal an action of little intrinsic importance that is likely to lead to more serious developments.
drive a wedge between cause a breach between.
the thin end of the wedge informal an action of little intrinsic importance that is likely to lead to more serious developments.
– origin OE wecg (n.), of Gmc origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wedge2
▶verb prepare (pottery clay) for use by cutting, kneading, and throwing down to homogenize it and remove air pockets.
– origin C17: of unknown origin.
'wedge' also found in these Oxford entries:
chock
- cleat
- coin
- coquina
- cuneate
- cuneiform
- cutwater
- key
- knife-edge
- maidenhair
- peen
- point
- quoin
- sand iron
- sand wedge
- scotch
- shim
- simple machine
- sphenoid
- splice
- voussoir
- wedge issue
- wedgie
- wodge
