countable a piece of wood, plastic, or other material that is thin at one end and wider at the other and is pressed into a space to hold something in place or to force things apart
Synonyms and related words
Words for amounts of specific substances
billow
block
cloud
1a
something that has the shape of a wedge
The crowdformeditself into a wedge.
orange and lemonwedges
wedge of:
a wedge of cheese
Synonyms and related words
Words for amounts of specific substances
billow
block
cloud
2
countable a golf club with a thick flat head that slopes away from the ball
Synonyms and related words
Golf
ace
backswing
birdie
3
countable a shoe with a high heel that forms a solid unit with the bottom of the shoe
Swap the boots for wedges or high-heeled sandals.
Synonyms and related words
Shoes, boots and slippers
Birkenstock
boat shoe
boot
4
uncountable Britishvery informalmoney
I need to spend at least £1500 to get something decent - that’s a lot of wedge.
Synonyms and related words
General words for money, cash and coins
banknote
bill
bread
phrases
drive a wedge between
the thin end of the wedge
wedge
noun countable
US /wedʒ/
Other entries for this word
wedgeverb
wedge issuenoun
drive a wedge betweenphrase
the thin end of the wedgephrase
Word Forms
singular
wedge
plural
wedges
DEFINITIONS4
1
a piece of wood, plastic, or other material that is thin at one end and wider at the other and is pressed into a space to hold something in place or to force things apart
Synonyms and related words
Words for amounts of specific substances
billow
block
cloud
1a
something that has the shape of a wedge
The crowdformeditself into a wedge.
orange and lemonwedges
wedge of:
a wedge of cheese
Synonyms and related words
Words for amounts of specific substances
billow
block
cloud
2
a golf club with a thick flat head that slopes away from the ball
Synonyms and related words
Golf
ace
ace
backswing
3
countable a shoe with a high heel that forms a solid unit with the bottom of the shoe
Swap the boots for wedges or high-heeled sandals.
Synonyms and related words
Shoes, boots and slippers
Birkenstock
boat shoe
boot
4
uncountable Britishvery informalmoney
I need to spend at least £1500 to get something decent - that’s a lot of wedge.