The screw, the lever, the wedge, the pulley, etc. are called simple machines.
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Wedge
Synonyms for "wedge" (154 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (46)
Related words (77)
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More general
15 entriesSynonyms
8 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
45 entriesShowing 16 of 45 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas a
1 entrieshas context
11 entriesis a
5 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
Translations
220 translations across 83 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- pykë noun (simple machine)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σφήν noun (simple machine)
Arabic
4 entries- إِسْفِين noun (simple machine)
- سفين noun (simple machine)
- وَتَد noun (simple machine)
- وَتِد noun (simple machine)
Armenian
1 entries- սեպ noun (simple machine)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- paz noun (simple machine)
Bashkir
1 entries- шына noun (simple machine)
Belarusian
1 entries- клін noun (simple machine)
Bengali
1 entries- কীল noun (simple machine)
Bulgarian
4 entries- клин noun (simple machine)
- клин noun (piece of food etc.)
- разцепление noun (figurative: something that creates a division)
- вбивам verb (to force into a narrow gap)
Burmese
1 entries- သပ် noun (simple machine)
Catalan
4 entries- falca noun (simple machine)
- part noun (piece of food etc.)
- quart noun (piece of food etc.)
- tascó noun (simple machine)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 楔 noun (simple machine)
- 楔子 noun (simple machine)
- 楔體 /楔体 noun (geometry: type of five-sided polyhedron)
Church Slavic
1 entries- клинъ noun (simple machine)
Czech
1 entries- klín noun (simple machine)
Danish
1 entries- kile noun (simple machine)
Dutch
3 entries- spie noun (simple machine)
- vendel noun (group of birds flying in V formation)
- wig noun (simple machine)
Esperanto
2 entries- kojno noun (simple machine)
- kojni verb (to support or secure using a wedge)
Estonian
1 entries- kiil noun (simple machine)
Finnish
4 entries- aura noun (group of birds flying in V formation)
- ja noun (mathematics: the symbol ∧)
- kiila noun (simple machine)
- kiila noun (piece of food etc.)
French
4 entries- cale noun (simple machine)
- cale noun (type of golf club)
- coin noun (simple machine)
- morceau noun (piece of food etc.)
Galician
4 entries- calzo (for levelling) noun (simple machine)
- cuña noun (simple machine)
- grillo noun (simple machine)
- acuñar verb (to support or secure using a wedge)
Georgian
1 entries- სოლი noun (simple machine)
German
4 entries- Keil noun (simple machine)
- Keil noun (geometry: type of five-sided polyhedron)
- Stück noun (piece of food etc.)
- Wedge noun (type of golf club)
Greek
3 entries- σμήνος noun (flank of cavalry)
- σμήνος noun (group of birds flying in V formation)
- σφήνα noun (simple machine)
Greenlandic
1 entries- quppaqut noun (simple machine)
Hebrew
1 entries- טְרִיז noun (simple machine)
Hindi
2 entries- कील noun (simple machine)
- वैज noun (simple machine)
Hungarian
2 entries- ék noun (simple machine)
- ék noun (figurative: something that creates a division)
Icelandic
3 entries- kastjárn noun (type of golf club)
- sandjárn noun (type of golf club)
- wedgi noun (type of golf club)
Ingrian
2 entries- klina noun (simple machine)
- klinata verb (to support or secure using a wedge)
Irish
1 entries- ding noun (simple machine)
Italian
4 entries- anatre noun (group of birds flying in V formation)
- bietta noun (simple machine)
- cigni noun (group of birds flying in V formation)
- cuneo noun (simple machine)
Japanese
2 entries- 一切れ noun (piece of food etc.)
- 楔 noun (simple machine)
Kalmyk
1 entries- шаанцг noun (simple machine)
Kazakh
2 entries- сына noun (simple machine)
- танап noun (simple machine)
Khmer
1 entries- បន្លួញ noun (simple machine)
Korean
1 entries- 쐐기 noun (simple machine)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- казык noun (simple machine)
- шынаа noun (simple machine)
Ladin
1 entries- tòch noun (piece of food etc.)
Lao
2 entries- ສາກ noun (simple machine)
- ຫລິ້ນ noun (simple machine)
Latin
1 entries- cuneus noun (simple machine)
Latvian
1 entries- ķīlis noun (simple machine)
Lithuanian
1 entries- vagis noun (simple machine)
Lombard
1 entries- qignœl noun (simple machine)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- klin noun (simple machine)
Macedonian
1 entries- клин noun (simple machine)
Malay
1 entries- baji noun (simple machine)
Middle English
1 entries- wegge noun (simple machine)
Mongolian
1 entries- шаантаг noun (simple machine)
Māori
4 entries- kahi noun (simple machine)
- matakahi noun (simple machine)
- mākahi noun (simple machine)
- tahatiti noun (simple machine)
Navajo
1 entries- bee ałkʼíniilkaałí noun (simple machine)
Occitan
2 entries- conh noun (simple machine)
- cunh noun (simple machine)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- клинъ noun (simple machine)
Old English
1 entries- wecg noun (simple machine)
Old High German
1 entries- weggi noun (simple machine)
Old Norse
1 entries- veggr noun (simple machine)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- طاقوز noun (simple machine)
- قامه noun (simple machine)
- قامهلامق verb (to support or secure using a wedge)
- قامهلامق verb (to force into a narrow gap)
Persian
1 entries- گوه noun (simple machine)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Kjiel noun (simple machine)
Polish
3 entries- kawałek noun (piece of food etc.)
- klin noun (simple machine)
- klucz noun (group of birds flying in V formation)
Portuguese
4 entries- cunha noun (simple machine)
- fatia noun (piece of food etc.)
- sapato anabela noun (one of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes)
- atochar verb (to force into a narrow gap)
Quechua
1 entries- ananinami noun (group of birds flying in V formation)
Romanian
4 entries- conjuncție logică noun (mathematics: the symbol ∧)
- cârd noun (group of birds flying in V formation)
- felie noun (piece of food etc.)
- pană noun (simple machine)
Russian
4 entries- клин noun (simple machine)
- клин noun (group of birds flying in V formation)
- кусок noun (piece of food etc.)
- вклинивать verb (to force into a narrow gap)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- klȉn noun (simple machine)
- krȉška noun (piece of food etc.)
- клин noun (simple machine)
Sicilian
4 entries- cugnu noun (simple machine)
- cugnu noun (figurative: something that creates a division)
- cugnu noun (phonetics: IPA character ʌ)
- cugnu noun (mathematics: the symbol ∧)
Slovak
1 entries- klin noun (simple machine)
Slovene
1 entries- klin noun (simple machine)
Southern Altai
1 entries- казык noun (simple machine)
Spanish
4 entries- bandada formada en V noun (group of birds flying in V formation)
- cuña noun (simple machine)
- cuña noun (geometry: type of five-sided polyhedron)
- formación en V noun (flank of cavalry)
Swedish
4 entries- bit noun (piece of food etc.)
- kil noun (simple machine)
- kil noun (flank of cavalry)
- kilklackssko noun (one of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes)
Tajik
2 entries- биғоз noun (simple machine)
- фона noun (simple machine)
Thai
1 entries- ลิ่ม noun (simple machine)
Turkish
4 entries- kama noun (simple machine)
- takoz noun (simple machine)
- sıkıştırmak verb (to force into a narrow gap)
- tıkmak verb (to force into a narrow gap)
Turkmen
2 entries- pahna noun (simple machine)
- şinde noun (simple machine)
Ukrainian
1 entries- клин noun (simple machine)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- klin noun (simple machine)
Urdu
1 entries- کیل noun (simple machine)
Uyghur
1 entries- پانا noun (simple machine)
Uzbek
1 entries- pona noun (simple machine)
Venetan
4 entries- cogn noun (simple machine)
- toco noun (piece of food etc.)
- tòch noun (piece of food etc.)
- tòco noun (piece of food etc.)
Vietnamese
2 entries- chêm noun (simple machine)
- nêm noun (simple machine)
Welsh
1 entries- lletem noun (simple machine)
Sample sentences
32 total sentences available.
More painful than any wedge.
Source: tatoeba (738577)
Would you like another wedge of pie?
Source: tatoeba (992860)
It would be nice if you had a wedge of lime I could squeeze into my icewater.
Source: tatoeba (1953487)
Showing 4 of 32 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.