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wedge
/wedʒ/ n [C] Definition
› a piece of wood, metal, or other material with a pointed edge at one end and a wide edge at the other, used to keep two things apart or, when forced between two things, to break them apart:
wedge A wedge under the door kept it open.
/wedʒ/ v [T] ›
He wedged the window open with a screwdriver.
(Definition of wedge n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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