| Main Entry: | wedge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | solid piece, often triangular |
Synonyms: |
block, chock, chunk, cleat, cotter, cusp, keystone, lump, prong, quoin, shim, spire, taper |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | chip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shard, flaw |
Synonyms: |
dent, flake, fragment, gobbet, nick, notch, paring, part, scrap, scratch, shaving, slice, sliver, wafer, wedge |
| Main Entry: | club |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | golfing tool |
Synonyms: |
brassie, cleek, driver, iron, mashie, midiron, niblick, putter, spoon, stick, wedge, wood |
| Main Entry: | compress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compact, condense |
Synonyms: |
abbreviate, abridge, abstract, bind, boil down, coagulate, concentrate, consolidate, constrict, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, decrease, dehydrate, densen, densify, epitomize, force into space, make brief, narrow, pack, press, press together, ram, reduce, restrict, shorten, shrink, shrivel, squash, squeeze, stuff, summarize, syncopate, telescope, tighten, wedge, wrap |
Antonyms: |
blow up, expand, extend, fill, increase, loosen, stretch, uncompress, uncondense |
| 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 |
| 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, divider, dividing line, divvy, end, fraction, fragment, grouping, head, kind, lobe, lump, member, moiety, offshoot, parcel, partition, piece, piece of action, portion, rake-off, ramification, section, sector, segment, share, slice, sort, split, subdivision, wedge |
| Notes: | a part is any of the components of a whole; a portion is a part allotted to or regarded as belonging to someone; a piece is a part separated from the whole; a division is a part formed by classifying, cutting, partitioning - and so is a section, though it is generally smaller; a segment is a part separated along natural lines of division; a fragment is a small part, usually broken off |
Antonyms: |
system, whole |
| 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, freeze to, girth, glue, grip, hitch, hitch on, hold, hook, hook up, implant, infix, jam, knot, lace, leash, link, lock, lodge, make firm, moor, mortise, nail, rivet, rope, screw, seal, set, settle, solder, stay put, stick, strengthen, string, tack on, tag, tie, tighten, truss, unite, wedge, weld |
Antonyms: |
detach, disconnect, loosen, open, release, unchain, unfasten, unlink, unlock |
| Main Entry: | hunk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chunk of solid material |
Synonyms: |
a lot, batch, bit, block, bulk, bunch, clod, glob, gob, large piece, loads, loaf, lump, mass, morsel, nugget, piece, pile, portion, quantity, slab, slice, wad, wedge |
| Main Entry: | jam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | squeeze in; compress |
Synonyms: |
bear, bind, block, cease, clog, congest, cram, crowd, crush, elbow, force, halt, jam-pack, jostle, obstruct, pack, press, push, ram, squash, squish, stall, stick, stuff, tamp, throng, wad, wedge |
| 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, gob, group, growth, handful, hunk, knot, knurl, lot, morsel, mountain, much, nugget, part, peck, piece, pile, portion, protrusion, protuberance, scrap, section, solid, spot, swelling, tumescence, tumor, wad, wedge |