EGAVE

fork

About 5.77 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows: A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting, or for serving food.
  2. noun A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting, or for serving food.
  3. noun Any of several types of pronged tools for use on farms, in fields, or in the garden or lawn, such as a smaller hand fork for weeding or a larger one for turning over the soil. Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.
  4. noun Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.
  5. noun A tuning fork.
  6. noun A fork in the road, as follows: An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two. A decision point.
  7. noun An intersection in a road or path where one road is split into two.
  8. noun A decision point.

Similar words

pitchfork branch branching ramification crotch leg ramify separate plate toasting

Often followed by

of and in to is or at on with

Word family

forked forker forkers forkful forkfuls forking forks forksful

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