wedge

Pronunciation: [wedʒ]

Average Rank: 16351

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 楔子, 楔形物, 起因, 导致分裂的东西 vt. 楔住, 挤进, 楔入 vi. 楔入, 挤进

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. any shape that is triangular in cross section
  • n. (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
  • n. something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
  • v. squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating:
Difficulty: INTERMEDIATE
Exam Tags: cet6 ky ielts

Word Forms:
Plural: wedges
Past Participle: wedged
Past: wedged
Present Participle: wedging
3rd Person: wedges

Word Frequency Rankings

TV & Movie Scripts
#9054

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 9.5% (Top 9.5% most frequent)
9.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus