wedge
noun
/wɛd͡ʒ/
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- 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.
- (figurative) Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
- (geometry) A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
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kiila
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- (archaic) A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.
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kiila,
aura
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- A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
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kiila,
kolmio
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- A group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
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aura
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- (mathematics) The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
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ja,
konjunktio
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- One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
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kiilakorkokenkä
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- (colloquial, British, countable, uncountable, by extension) A quantity of money.
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massi,
paalu
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- (golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
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wedge
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wedge
verb
/wɛd͡ʒ/
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- (transitive) To support or secure using a wedge.
- (ambitransitive) To force into a narrow gap.
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kiilata
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