wedge

Noun

• a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object

• something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them

• (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole

• a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe

• a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation

• a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

• any shape that is triangular in cross section

Verb

• squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
  • I squeezed myself into the corner
    

• put, fix, force, or implant
  • lodge a bullet in the table
    
  • stick your thumb in the crack
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  chock , wedge heel , hacek , wedge shape , cuneus , squeeze , force , lodge , stick , deposit
• Antonyms: 
  dislodge , free