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• wedge block — Combustion chamber design in which the top of the piston and the surface of the block form an angle …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• wedge — ► NOUN 1) a piece of wood, metal, etc. with a thick end that tapers to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to secure or separate them. 2) a wedge shaped thing or piece. 3) a golf club with a low, angled face for… …   English terms dictionary

• wedge pressure — n intravascular pressure that is measured by means of a catheter wedged into the pulmonary artery so as to block the flow of blood and that is equivalent to the pressure in the left atrium called also pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, pulmonary …   Medical dictionary

• wedge heels — also wedg|es [ˈwedʒız] n [plural] shoes worn by women, with high heels that are a solid block from the front of the shoe to the back > wedge heel adj [only before noun] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• wedge — [n] solid piece, often triangular block, chock, chunk, cleat, cotter, cusp, keystone, lump, prong, quoin, shim, spire, taper; concepts 471,499 Ant. whole …   New thesaurus

• wedge writing — block writing, writing in print …   English contemporary dictionary

• wedge — wedÊ’ n. tapering wood or metal block; peg; something with a triangular shape; something which causes division or an opening; golf club with a flat slanted face used to lift a ball in the swinging motion; triangular letter in cuneiform v. fasten… …   English contemporary dictionary

• wedge — 1 noun (C) 1 a piece of wood, metal etc that has one thick edge and one pointed edge and is used especially for keeping a door open or for splitting wood 2 a piece of food shaped like this: a wedge of chocolate cake | Garnish with lemon wedges. 3 …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• wedge — 1. noun 1) the door was secured by a wedge Syn: doorstop, chock, block, stop 2) a wedge of cheese Syn: hunk, segment, triangle, slice, section; chunk, lump, slab …   Thesaurus of popular words

• wedge — wedge1 noun 1》 a piece of wood, metal, etc. with a thick end that tapers to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to secure or separate them. 2》 a wedge shaped thing or piece.     ↘a golf club with a low, angled… …   English new terms dictionary

• block — 1. noun 1) a block of cheese Syn: chunk, hunk, lump, wedge, cube, brick, slab, bar, piece 2) an apartment block Syn: building, complex, structure …   Thesaurus of popular words