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wedge

noun
  1. a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
    chock
  2. something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
  3. (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
  4. a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
    wedge heel
  5. a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
    hacek
  6. 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)
    torpedo
  7. any shape that is triangular in cross section
    wedge shapecuneus
verb
  1. squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
    force
  2. put, fix, force, or implant
    deposit