Meaning

• Noun

  1. 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.
  2. A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
  3. Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
  4. A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
  5. A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
  6. A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.
  7. A group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
  8. A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
  9. One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
  10. (obsolete) An ingot.
  11. (obsolete,slang) Silver or items made of silver collectively.
  12. (colloquial) A quantity of money.
  13. A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
  14. One of the basic elements that make up cuneiform writing, a single triangular impression made with the corner of a reed stylus.
  15. Any symbol shaped like a V in some given orientation.
  16. Any symbol shaped like a V in some given orientation.
  17. Any symbol shaped like a V in some given orientation.
  18. Any symbol shaped like a V in some given orientation.
  19. A barometric ridge; an elongated region of high atmospheric pressure between two low-pressure areas.
  20. A wedge tornado.
  21. A market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).

• Verb