Noun
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a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
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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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(golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
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a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
- wedge heel -
a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
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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
- hero sandwich - cuban sandwich - italian sandwich - poor boy - submarine sandwich -
any shape that is triangular in cross section
- wedge shape
Verb
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squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
"I squeezed myself into the corner"
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put, fix, force, or implant
"lodge a bullet in the table"
"stick your thumb in the crack"