wedge-like
wedge-like is the alternative form of wedgelike.
Meaning of wedgelike
Adjective
wedgelike (comparative more wedgelike, superlative most wedgelike)
- Shaped like a wedge.
- He looks, he feels, and satisfies himself: the driving forward with fury, its prodigious stiffness, thus impacted, wedgelike, breaks the union of those parts, and gain'd him just the insertion of the tip of it, lip-deep; which being sensible of, he improved his advantage, and following well his...1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- cuneate, cuneiform, wedge-shaped, wedgy
Forms of wedge-like
| comparative | more wedge-like |
|---|---|
| superlative | most wedge-like |
Origin of wedge-like
From wedge + -like.
Questions about wedge-like
- What is wedge-like the alternative form of?
- Wedge-like is the alternative form of wedgelike.
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