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wedge - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | wedge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | solid piece, often triangular |
| Synonyms: | block, chunk, cleat, cusp, keystone, lump, prong, quoin, spire, taper, chock, cotter, shim |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | chip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shard, flaw |
| Synonyms: | dent, flake, fragment, nick, notch, part, scrap, scratch, slice, sliver, wafer, wedge, gobbet, paring, shaving |
| Main Entry: | compress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compact, condense |
| Synonyms: | abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bind, coagulate, concentrate, consolidate, constrict, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, decrease, dehydrate, epitomize, narrow, pack, press, ram, reduce, restrict, shorten, shrink, shrivel, squash, squeeze, stuff, summarize, tighten, wedge, wrap, boil down, densen, densify, force into space, make brief, press together, syncopate, telescope |
| Antonyms: | blow up, expand, extend, fill, increase, loosen, stretch, uncompress, uncondense |
| Main Entry: | fasten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make secure; join together |
| Synonyms: | adhere, affix, anchor, attach, band, bar, batten, belt, bind, bolt, bond, brace, button, catch, cement, chain, cleave, close, cohere, connect, couple, embed, establish, fix, girth, glue, grip, hitch, hold, hook, implant, jam, knot, lace, leash, link, lock, lodge, moor, nail, rope, screw, seal, set, settle, solder, stick, strengthen, string, tag, tie, tighten, truss, unite, wedge, weld, freeze to, hitch on, hook up, infix, make firm, mortise, rivet, stay put, tack on |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, loosen, open, release, unfasten, unlock, unchain, unlink |
| Main Entry: | hunk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chunk of solid material |
| Synonyms: | batch, bit, block, bulk, bunch, clod, glob, loaf, lump, mass, morsel, nugget, piece, pile, portion, quantity, slab, slice, wad, wedge, a lot, gob, large piece, loads |
| Main Entry: | jam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | squeeze in; compress |
| Synonyms: | bear, bind, block, cease, clog, cram, crowd, crush, elbow, force, halt, jostle, obstruct, pack, press, push, ram, squash, squish, stall, stick, stuff, throng, wad, wedge, congest, jam-pack, tamp |
| Notes: | jam is a thick mixture made from fruit pulp and sugar; jelly is made from fruit juice boiled with sugar; preserves are fruit preserved whole or in large pieces and cooked with sugar; marmalade is boiled fruit pulp, rinds, and sugar |
| Main Entry: | lump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clump, mass |
| Synonyms: | agglomeration, ball, bit, block, bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, cake, chip, chunk, cluster, crumb, dab, group, growth, handful, hunk, knot, lot, morsel, mountain, much, nugget, part, peck, piece, pile, portion, protrusion, protuberance, scrap, section, solid, spot, swelling, tumor, wad, wedge, gob, knurl, tumescence |
| Main Entry: | ram |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bang into; pack forcibly |
| Synonyms: | beat, butt, cram, crash, crowd, dash, dig, drive, drum, force, hammer, hit, hook, impact, pack, plunge, poke, pound, run, sink, slam, smash, stab, stick, strike, stuff, thrust, wedge, collide with, jack, jam-pack, run into, strike head-on, tamp |
| Antonyms: | tap |
| Main Entry: | segment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | part of something |
| Synonyms: | articulation, bit, compartment, cut, division, member, moiety, parcel, piece, portion, section, sector, slice, subdivision, wedge |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | slab |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chunk of solid object |
| Synonyms: | bar, billet, bit, board, chip, cut, cutting, hunk, ingot, lump, muck, piece, plate, portion, rod, slice, stick, stone, strip, wedge, boulder, stave |
| Main Entry: | slice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece; share |
| Synonyms: | allotment, allowance, bite, chop, cut, helping, lot, part, portion, quota, segment, sliver, wedge, piece of pie, thin piece, triangle |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | stick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pole, often wooden |
| Synonyms: | bar, bat, baton, billet, bludgeon, board, branch, cane, club, cudgel, ingot, mast, rod, rule, ruler, shoot, slab, staff, stake, stalk, stem, strip, switch, timber, twig, wand, wedge, birch, drumstick, ferrule, slat, stave |
| Main Entry: | stuff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | load with |
| Synonyms: | choke up, compress, cram, crowd, fill, force, glut, gobble, gorge, gormandize, guzzle, jam, pack, pad, push, ram, sate, satiate, shove, squeeze, stow, wad, wedge, clog up, congest, fill to overflowing, fill to the brim, jam-pack, overfill, overindulge, overstuff |
| Antonyms: | unload, unstuff |
| Main Entry: | hero sandwich |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large sandwich |
| Synonyms: | hero, hoagie, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, wedge, blimpie, grinder, hoagy, poorboy |
| Main Entry: | submarine sandwich |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large long sandwich |
| Synonyms: | hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, sub, wedge, Italian sandwich, grinder, poorboy, torpedo |
| Main Entry: | cram |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fill to overflowing; compress |
| Synonyms: | charge, chock, choke, compact, crowd, crush, devour, drive, force, gobble, gorge, guzzle, heap, ingurgitate, jam, jam-pack, load, overcrowd, overeat, overfill, pack, pack 'em in, pack in, pack it in, pack like sardines, press, ram, sardine, satiate, shove, slop, slosh, squash, squeeze, stive, stuff, tamp, thrust, wedge, wolf* |
| Antonyms: | let out, open, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stopper |
| Synonyms: | connection, cork, filling, fitting, occlusion, river, spigot, wedge, bung, stopple, tampon |
| Antonyms: | mouth, opening |
| Main Entry: | set |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | position, place |
| Synonyms: | affix, aim, anchor, apply, arrange, bestow, cast, deposit, direct, embed, ensconce, establish, fasten, fix, head, insert, install, introduce, lay, level, locate, lock, lodge, mount, park, plank, plant, plunk, point, post, prepare, put, rest, seat, settle, situate, spread, station, stick, train, turn, wedge, make fast, make ready, plop, zero in* |
| Antonyms: | displace, remove |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | squeeze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exert pressure on sides, parts of something |
| Synonyms: | bear, choke, clasp, clip, clutch, compress, contract, cram, crowd, crush, cuddle, embrace, enfold, force, grip, hug, jam, jostle, nip, pack, pinch, press, quash, ram, scrunch, squash, squish, strangle, stuff, throttle, thrust, wedge, wring, hold tight |
| Antonyms: | expand, uncompress |
| Main Entry: | division |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something produced from separating |
| Synonyms: | affiliate, associate, border, boundary, branch, category, chunk, class, compartment, cut, degree, demarcation, department, divide, dividend, end, fraction, fragment, head, kind, lobe, lump, member, moiety, offshoot, parcel, partition, piece, portion, ramification, section, sector, segment, share, slice, sort, split, subdivision, wedge, divider, dividing line, divvy, grouping, piece of action, rake-off |
| Antonyms: | system, whole |
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