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1 wedge
[wɛdʒ] 1. n 2. vt* * *[we‹] 1. noun1) (a piece of wood or metal, thick at one end and sloping to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood etc or in fixing something tightly in place: She used a wedge under the door to prevent it swinging shut.) klin2) (something similar in shape: a wedge of cheese.) trójkątny kawałek2. verb(to fix or become fixed by, or as if by, a wedge or wedges: He is so fat that he got wedged in the doorway.) zaklinować się
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