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WEJ/wedʒ/

A wedge is a piece thick at one end and thin at the other, used to hold or split; as a verb, to force into a gap: a door wedge, wedge a chair. Removal (already in the dictionary) is taking it away. Styling is design; an exit must open.

Meaning

A piece with a thick and a thin end, used to hold or split; also (verb) to force into a gap.

Examples

• “A wedge in the fire door is a log, not a styling note.”
• “Chock is the wheel twin. Removal is already in this course (the act of taking away). Paint is design. An exit is a statute. Pull the wedge; write the time.”

Good to know

A tapering block, or to force into a gap. Act of taking away: removal (already in the dictionary). Styling ≠ a clear exit.

Near in meaning

chock

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