What is the meaning of Wedge?

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.

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

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

A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.

Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.

A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories; a shot made with such a club.

One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes, which lift the heel of the foot from the ground.

Any symbol shaped like a V in some given orientation.

1. A háček.
2. The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
3. The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
4. A hairpin, an elongated horizontal V-shaped sign indicating a crescendo or decrescendo.
5. One of the basic elements that make up cuneiform writing, a single triangular impression made with the corner of a reed stylus.

A háček.

The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.

The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.

A hairpin, an elongated horizontal V-shaped sign indicating a crescendo or decrescendo.

One of the basic elements that make up cuneiform writing, a single triangular impression made with the corner of a reed stylus.

An ingot.

1. Silver or items made of silver collectively.
2. A quantity of money.

   Silver or items made of silver collectively.

   A quantity of money.

   Things shaped like a V

   1. A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.
   2. A group of cranes, ducks, geese, gulls, pelicans, swans or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.

      A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.

      A group of cranes, ducks, geese, gulls, pelicans, swans or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.

      A wedge tornado.

      Phenomena that, when charted, result in a V shape

      1. A barometric ridge; an elongated region of high atmospheric pressure between two low-pressure areas.
      2. A market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).

      A barometric ridge; an elongated region of high atmospheric pressure between two low-pressure areas.

      A market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).

      A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.

      To support or secure using a wedge.

      To force into a narrow gap.

      To pack (people or animals) together tightly into a mass.

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

      Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.

      To cleave with a wedge.

      To force or drive with a wedge.

      To shape into a wedge.

      The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.

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      Source: wiktionary.org