Definition of fork

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Fork (n.) The place where a division or a union occurs; the angle or opening between two branches or limbs; as, the fork of a river, a tree, or a road..

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Forked :: Forked (a.) Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting..
Crane :: Crane (n.) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2..
Clothespin :: Clothespin (n.) A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line..
Sappho :: Sappho (n.) Any one of several species of brilliant South American humming birds of the genus Sappho, having very bright-colored and deeply forked tails; -- called also firetail..
Pike :: Pike (n. & v.) A hayfork.
Trifurcated :: Trifurcated (a.) Having three branches or forks; trichotomous.
Shakefork :: Shakefork (n.) A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.
Scissorstail :: Scissorstail (n.) A tyrant flycatcher (Milvulus forficatus) of the Southern United States and Mexico, which has a deeply forked tail. It is light gray above, white beneath, salmon on the flanks, and fiery red at the base of the crown feathers..
Y :: Y (n.) A forked or bifurcated pipe fitting.
Tooth :: Tooth (n.) Any projection corresponding to the tooth of an animal, in shape, position, or office; as, the teeth, or cogs, of a cogwheel; a tooth, prong, or tine, of a fork; a tooth, or the teeth, of a rake, a saw, a file, a card..
Linstock :: Linstock (n.) A pointed forked staff, shod with iron at the foot, to hold a lighted match for firing cannon..
Quadrifurcated :: Quadrifurcated (a.) Having four forks, or branches..
Fork :: Fork (v. t.) To raise, or pitch with a fork, as hay; to dig or turn over with a fork, as the soil..
Worrel :: Worrel (n.) An Egyptian fork-tongued lizard, about four feet long when full grown..
Divarication :: Divarication (n.) A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.
Forked :: Forked (a.) Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal.
Prong :: Prong (n.) The tine of a fork, or of a similar instrument; as, a fork of two or three prongs..
Furcular :: Furcular (a.) Shaped like a fork; furcate.
Sea Thongs :: Sea thongs () A kind of blackish seaweed (Himanthalia lorea) found on the northern coasts of the Atlantic. It has a thonglike forking process rising from a top-shaped base.
Merrythought :: Merrythought (n.) The forked bone of a fowl's breast; -- called also wishbone. See Furculum.
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