WEDGE-SHAPED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wedge-shaped mean? 

• WEDGE-SHAPED (adjective)
  The adjective WEDGE-SHAPED has 2 senses:

1. (of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base

2. shaped like a wedge

  Familiarity information: WEDGE-SHAPED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEDGE-SHAPED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base

Synonyms:

cuneate; wedge-shaped

Similar:

simple; unsubdivided ((botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Shaped like a wedge

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

cuneal; cuneiform; wedge-shaped

Pertainym:

wedge (any shape that is triangular in cross section)

 Context examples 

The wedge-shaped area at the central portion of the lung through which the bronchi, vessels and nerves enter or exit the organ.

(Hilar Area of the Lung, NCI Thesaurus)

The head is broad and wedge-shaped.

(Norwegian Elkhound, NCI Thesaurus)

It has a wedge-shaped head with muzzle and skull about the same length.

(American Eskimo Dog, NCI Thesaurus)

The first or medial wedge-shaped bone in the distal row of the tarsus.

(Internal Cuneiform Bone of the Foot, NCI Thesaurus)

The third or lateral wedge-shaped bone in the distal row of the tarsus.

(External Cuneiform Bone of the Foot, NCI Thesaurus)

The head is wedge-shaped and chiseled with large, erect ears and a powerful jaw.

(Pharaoh Hound, NCI Thesaurus)

It has a lean, blunted, wedge-shaped head that is flat on top. The trim, but muscular, body is slightly longer than it is tall.

(Collie, NCI Thesaurus)

The second wedge-shaped bone between the internal and external cuneiforms bones in the distal row of the tarsus.

(Middle Cuneiform Bone of the Foot, NCI Thesaurus)

The Ibizan Hound is an agile, deer-like, athletic hound that has a long, arched neck, long wedge-shaped head, and very large, triangular ears which stand up when the dog is alert.

(Ibizan Hound, NCI Thesaurus)

One of numerous oval bodies found in the papillae of the skin, especially those of the fingers and toes; they consist of a connective tissue capsule in which the axon fibrils terminate around and between a pile of wedge-shaped epithelioid cells.

(Meissner Corpuscle, NCI Thesaurus)