A wedge is a block of wood, metal, or any other solid material that is tapered in a triangular shape.

Wedges are designed to cut, pierce, or split.

Wedges are often used to be inserted underneath a crack or crevice normally to get something out of the small crack.

People invented an axe, a wedge on a stick, to help cut items.

Scientists think they have found wedges from nearly 9,000 years ago.

Way back in the Indian times, they used wedges to hunt and fish.

The Ancient Egyptians used wedges to carve rock for their buildings.

Farmers used wedges as plows in the early 1900’s.

Wedges that pierce are … needles, tacks, and believe it or not, a nail.

Tools that cut have blades cut. The sharp edge of the blade is a wedge. Such as, scissors and a knife.

Special wedges called chocks stop planes from rolling forward.