WEDGE

5 letters 10 Scrabble points

Definition of WEDGE

noun

  1. One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.

    "Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut."

  2. A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.

    "Can you cut me a wedge of cheese?"

  3. A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.

Related words: skein turned v
verb

  1. To support or secure using a wedge.

    "I wedged open the window with a screwdriver."

  2. To force into a narrow gap.

    "He had wedged the package between the wall and the back of the sofa."

  3. To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters W E D G E
Length 5 letters
Scrabble Score 10 points

Anagrams of WEDGE

Words that use the same letters:

GWEED

Words Containing "WEDGE"

ANTIWEDGE INWEDGED SWEDGE SWEDGER UNWEDGE UNWEDGEABLE UNWEDGED WEDGEABLE WEDGEBILL WEDGED WEDGEFIELD WEDGELIKE WEDGER WEDGES WEDGEWISE

Words Starting with "WEDGE"

WEDGEABLE WEDGEBILL WEDGED WEDGEFIELD WEDGELIKE WEDGER WEDGES WEDGEWISE

Words Ending with "WEDGE"

ANTIWEDGE SWEDGE UNWEDGE