wedge Signification, définition

Signification de wedge en français

• 0 a piece of hard material that is narrow at one end and wide at the other -- cale [ feminine ]

  • a wedge under the door to keep it open une cale sous la porte pour la tenir ouverte

• 1 sth shaped like a wedge -- morceau [ masculine ]

  • a lemon wedge une tranche de citron

• 2 to push into a small space -- coincer

  • The car was wedged between the fence and the pole. La voiture était coincée entre la barrière et le poteau.

• 3 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 -- coin, cale

  • She used a wedge under the door to prevent it swinging shut.

• 4 something similar in shape -- morceau

  • a wedge of cheese.

• 5 to fix or become fixed by, or as if by, a wedge or wedges -- (se) coincer, caler

  • He is so fat that he got wedged in the doorway.