wedge
noun, verb
noun


1 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. (figurative) A wedge had been tapped into their friendship. I don't want to drive a wedge between the two of you (     to make you start disliking each other).

2 something that is shaped like a wedge or that is used like a wedge:
a wedge of lemon / cake / cheese

3 a golf CLUB that has the part that you hit the ball with shaped like a wedge

IDIOMS see THIN adj.
verb
1 [VN adv./prep.] to put or squeeze sth tightly into a narrow space, so that it cannot move easily:
The boat was now wedged between the rocks. She wedged herself into the passenger seat. The phone was wedged under his chin.
2 to make sth stay in a particular position, especially open or shut, by placing sth against it:
[VN-ADJ] to wedge the door open / shut [also VN]

▼ Từ liên quan / Related words

• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms: dislodge   free  
• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms: chock   wedge heel   hacek   wedge shape   cuneus   squeeze   force   lodge   stick   deposit