Meanings (ES + gloss)
cuña
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.
rebanada triangular
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.
cuña
A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
formación en V • formación en cuña
A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.
bandada formada en V
A group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
zapato de cuña
One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
She was wearing wedges, and I have a horrible suspicion they were her mum's wedges left over from the last century.
Phrases
Sikkim wedge-billed babblerTexas wedgeaccretionary wedgeapproach wedgecross-wedgedrive a wedgedrive a wedge betweenedge-of-the-wedge theoremflying wedgefox wedgegap wedgehand wedgeice wedgelob wedgepitching wedgepotato wedgesalt wedgesand wedgeshoe wedgesmall end of the wedgespherical wedgesubstorm current wedgetax wedgethin edge of the wedgethin end of the wedgewedge gagewedge gaugewedge gearwedge issuewedge of circleswedge peawedge politicswedge prismwedge productwedge saladwedge shellwedge sumwedge tombwedge-and-dashwedge-feeder
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
acuñar • calzar
To support or secure using a wedge.
"Did he take his bottle well?" Mrs. Flanders whispered, and Rebecca nodded and went to the cot and turned down the quilt, and Mrs. Flanders bent over and looked anxiously at the ba…
I wedged open the window with a screwdriver.
acuñar
To force into a narrow gap.
He had wedged the package between the wall and the back of the sofa.
I wedged into the alcove and listened carefully.
Phrases