wedge

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any shape that is triangular in cross section
  2. noun 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
  3. noun a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English wegge (“wedge”), from Old English weċġ (“wedge”), from Proto-West Germanic *wagi, from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz.

In classic literature

Synonyms

wedge shape, cuneus

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