Wedges Synonyms and Antonyms

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
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. torpedoes
  2. drives
  3. stuffs
  4. squeezes
  5. submarines
  6. scotches
  7. subs
  8. packs
  9. lumps
  10. hoagies
  11. jams
  12. heroes
  13. emboli
  14. crowds
  15. grinders
  16. clubs
  17. blocks
  18. bombers
Antonyms:
  1. wholes

Words Related to Wedges

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Wedges Sentence Examples

  • In Greek times the iron chisels are shorter and merge into wedges (39).

  • Most of it was made, by bursting the rock by means of wooden wedges, through the solid granite, and its outside parapet was supported by walls of brick resting on ledges far below.

  • Halve and remove the core if woody then cut the pineapple into wedges.

  • Where the rail-gauge is narrow and great weight is not desired, blocking girders are provided across the under side of the truck; these are arranged so that, by means of wedges or screws, they can be made to increase the base.

  • In driving levels it is necessary to cut grooves vertically parallel to the walls, a process known as shearing; but the most important operation is that known as holing or kirving, which consists in cutting a notch or groove in the floor of the seam to a depth of about 3 ft., measured back from the face, so as to leave the overhanging part unsupported, which then either falls of its own accord within a few hours, or is brought down either by driving wedges along the top, or by blasting.

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