wedge

/wed /
Noun
  1. a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
  2. something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
  3. (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
  4. a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
  5. a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
  6. 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
  7. any shape that is triangular in cross section
Verb
  1. squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
    • I squeezed myself into the corner
  2. put, fix, force, or implant
    • lodge a bullet in the table
    • stick your thumb in the crack

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A carpenter taps a wooden wedge into a log to split it.