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WEDGE-SHAPED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base
Synonyms:
cuneate; wedge-shaped
Classified under:
Similar:
simple; unsubdivided ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Shaped like a wedge
Synonyms:
cuneal; cuneiform; wedge-shaped
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
wedge (any shape that is triangular in cross section)
Context examples:
The gorge in which they had camped was a mere wedge-shaped cleft among the hills, three-quarters of a mile deep, with the small rugged rising upon which they stood at the further end, and the brown crags walling it in on three sides.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
