wedge
/wɛd͡ʒ/ i̇sim C1Türkçe: kama, takoz
- 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. · Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut.
- A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape. · Can you cut me a wedge of cheese?· We ordered a box of baked potato wedges with our pizza, and an iceberg wedge as our side salad.
- A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
- A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
- Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things. · Near-synonyms: wedge issue, salami tactics, culture wars· drive a wedge between [persons, peoples, camps, allies, etc.]
- A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories; a shot made with such a club.
- One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes, which lift the heel of the foot from the ground.
- A háček.
Çoğul wedges
Phrasal verb'ler ve deyimler
Kütüphaneden
THE WOODCUTTER cut down a Mountain Oak and split it in pieces, making wedges of its own branches for dividing the trunk.
The Oak said with a sigh, “I do not care about the blows of the axe aimed at my roots, but I do grieve at being torn in pieces by these wedges made from my own branches.”
A large stone had served as a wedge; flints and pebbles had been inserted around it, so as to conceal the orifice; this species of masonry had been covered with earth, and grass and weeds had grown there, moss had clung to the stones, myrtle-bushes had taken root, and the old rock seemed fixed to the earth.
Dantès saw that he must attack the wedge.
Diğer sonuçlar
wedge kelimesini gerçek metinlerde öğrenin
Ücretsiz bir hesapla kütüphanedeki herhangi bir kelimenin üzerine gelerek anlamını görün, sesli okunuşunu dinleyin, kelimeleri hafızanıza göre zamanlanan tekrarlar için kaydedin ve her kitabın ne kadarını zaten bildiğinizi görün.