wedge-shaped

Examples

• All

• Its ancient wedge-shaped face pointed directly at the policeman, as if he knew that the matter now rested between them.

  Fiction book (2000)

• We can see the wedge shaped kunai up there.

• The wedge-shaped canyon looming ahead had been the subject of old Spanish legends.

  Fiction book (1992)

• A single bulb illuminates the narrow wedge-shaped closet.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The building will be situated on a 4.3-acre, wedge-shaped lot and yield approximately 250,000 square feet, distributed over six floors.

  Academic text (2004)

• Despite their coloring differences, they had faces that were astonishingly alike: wedge-shaped, edgy, big-eyed.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Only when she'd scraped away a clot of dirt with her fingernail did he see the wedge-shaped gash.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Darker wedge-shaped shadows reveal the folds as the knee, in a forced, abnormal angle, bends out to the side.

  Academic text (1995)

• Purdue chemist Michael Lipschutz says preliminary analysis indicates that the wedge-shaped meteorite is an unusual sort of ordinary chondrite.

  Academic text (1992)

• The artist created a beautiful sculpture featuring a wedge-shaped design that drew attention from visitors.

Synonyms

C

cuneiform

vswedge-shaped

• Specialized

1 9.3

Shaped like a wedge, often describing small bones in the foot

is used more widely for the same shape, not limited to those bones

C

cuneal

vswedge-shaped

• Specialized

9.9

Shaped like a wedge

is the general term for that shape used outside anatomical contexts

C

cuneate

vswedge-shaped

• Specialized

9.9

A narrow triangle shape that is wider at the tip and becomes thin at the base

is a general shape term used across many objects, not only leaves

How Pointed

sharp

301 1.0

pointed

1 1.8

wedge-shaped

1 3.9

tapered

1 4.5

blunt

109 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology