Triangular or tapered pieces used to split, secure, or fill gaps between objects. In golf, specialized clubs with angled faces for short, high shots.
From Old English wecg meaning 'wedge, corner, angle', related to Proto-Germanic *wagjaz. The word has maintained its core meaning of a triangular splitting tool for over a millennium.
The wedge is one of humanity's six simple machines, yet it's so fundamental we barely notice it - from the teeth in your mouth to the doorstops under your feet, wedges are everywhere splitting, lifting, and holding our world together.
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