wedge-shaped

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscuneate

   Similarsimple
2. 2.

   shaped like a wedge

   Synonymscunealcuneiform

Questions about wedge-shaped

What does wedge-shaped mean?

wedge-shaped means "(of a leaf shape) narrowly triangular, wider at the apex and tapering toward the base". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wedge-shaped?

wedge-shaped has 3 syllables: wed-ge--shaped. The stress falls on "wed".

What is another word for wedge-shaped?

Close synonyms include cuneate, cuneal, cuneiform. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wedge-shaped a common word?

wedge-shaped is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.