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Wedge

Wedge is a 5 letter word which starts with the letter W and ends with the letter E for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(n.) A piece of metal or other hard material thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge at the other used in splitting wood rocks etc. in raising heavy bodies and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers. See Illust. of Mechanical powers under Mechanical.
(n.) A solid of five sides having a rectangular base two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge and two triangular ends.
(n.) A mass of metal especially when of a wedgelike form.
(n.) Anything in the form of a wedge as a body of troops drawn up in such a form.
(n.) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos; -- so called after a person (Wedgewood) who occupied this position on the first list of 1828.

Syllable Information

The word Wedge is a 5 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for Wedge is: wedge


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