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- DictionaryFork/fôrk/
noun
- 1. an implement with two or more prongs used for lifting food to the mouth or holding it when cutting.
- 2. the point where something, especially a road or river, divides into two parts: "turn right at the next fork"
verb
- 1. (especially of a road or other route) divide into two parts: "the place where the road forks"
- 2. dig, lift, or manipulate (something) with a fork: "fork in some compost"
1. A utensil with two or more prongs, used for eating or serving food. 2. An implement with two or more prongs used for raising, carrying, piercing, or digging. 3. a. A bifurcation or separation into two or more branches or parts. b. The point at which such a bifurcation or separation occurs: a fork in a road.
noun. the act of branching out or dividing into branches. synonyms: branching, forking, ramification. see more. verb. divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork. “The road forks ” synonyms: branch, furcate, ramify, separate. branch, ramify. grow and send out branches or branch-like structures.
Definition of fork noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a small object with three or four points and a handle, that you use to pick up food and eat with: a knife and fork. Fewer examples. knives, forks, and spoons. She pushed the food around with her fork. He picked up his knife and fork. She lifted the fork to her mouth. Prick the pastry with a fork. fork noun [C] (DIGGING)
1. countable noun. A fork is a tool used for eating food which has a row of three or four long metal points at the end. ...knives and forks. 2. verb. If you fork food into your mouth or onto a plate, you put it there using a fork. Ann forked some fish into her mouth. [V n + into/onto]
noun. forks. An instrument of greatly varying size with a handle at one end and two or more pointed prongs at the other: forks are variously used as eating utensils and for pitching hay, breaking up soil, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. An implement with two or more prongs used for raising, carrying, piercing, or digging.
FORK meaning: 1. a small object with three or four points and a handle, that you use to pick up food and eat…. Learn more.
