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wedger

wedger noun: a kitchen utensil for cutting fruit and vegetables into wedges.

Noun

wedger (plural wedgers)

  1. A kitchen utensil for cutting fruit and vegetables into wedges.
    • Look for the wedger in kitchen shops.2009 May 6, Susan Sampson, “Thin edge of the wedge”, in Toronto Star
  2. A person who wedges clay.
    • Neither girls nor women should be permitted to be wedgers of clay, and for the same reasons.1867, Reports of the Inspectors of Factories to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, page 84

Forms of wedger

pluralwedgers

Origin of wedger

From wedge + -er.

Questions about wedger

What does wedger mean?
Wedger means a kitchen utensil for cutting fruit and vegetables into wedges.
What part of speech is wedger?
Wedger is a noun.
What is the plural of wedger?
The plural of wedger is wedgers.

Words near wedger in the dictionary

  1. wedgelet
  2. wedgelets
  3. wedgelike
  4. wedgemussel
  5. wedgemussels
  6. wedger
  7. wedgers
  8. wedges
  9. wedges of circles
  10. wedges up
  11. wedges-and-dashes

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