Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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sprag | Yes | No | No | No |
wedge | Yes | No | Yes | No |
sprag (noun) | wedge (noun) |
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a chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline | something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them |
a wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine | a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object |
a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe | |
(golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole | |
a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation | |
a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | |
any shape that is triangular in cross section |
sprag (verb) | wedge (verb) |
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squeeze like a wedge into a tight space | |
put, fix, force, or implant |