The process of supporting or securing something with a wedge. / (construction) A method of joining timbers.

plural of wedging

plural of wedge product

(golf) A golf club (an iron) which provides maximum loft.

(geology) The accumulation of surface sediment formed between a subducting oceanic crustal plate and a continental tectonic plate, as it is scraped from off the top of the oceanic crustal plate.

plural of lob wedge

(politics) A strategy or pattern of behavior by a politician, political party, or advocacy group which is intended to have a divisive effect on one's political opponents or on the electorate, especially by emphasizing an issue which polarizes opinion along racial, regional, or other demographic lines.

Describing a method of rolling across a wedge that shapes the final product

(politics, social relations) A discussion point or a difference in points of view which is particularly likely to be controversial and a source of discord between discussants or other involved parties; a difference in viewpoints which causes disharmony within a political or social group.

plural of spherical wedge