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    Fork

    Definitions

    1 | noun | cutlery used for serving and eating food 2 | noun | the act of branching out or dividing into branches 3 | noun | the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches 4 | noun | an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs 5 | noun | the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk 6 | verb | lift with a pitchfork 7 | verb | place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces 8 | verb | divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork 9 | verb | shape like a fork (9 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    f'awrk (IPA: fˈɔrk)

    Hyphenation

    fork (no hyphenation) (4 letters | 1 syllable)

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    First known use in English

    1463 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (563 years ago)

    Word origins

    Old English | Latin | Old Norse

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    forks | forked | forking

    Synonyms

    branching | forking | ramification | crotch | pitchfork | branch | furcate | ramify | separate (total: 9)

    Narrower terms

    carving fork | salad fork | tablefork | toasting fork | bifurcation | divarication | fibrillation | trifurcation | hayfork | arborise | arborize | bifurcate | trifurcate | twig (total: 14)

    Broader terms

    cutlery | eating utensil | division | branch | leg | ramification | angle | lift | aggress | attack | diverge | form | shape (total: 13)

    Rhymes

    cork | pork | stork | torque | uncork (total: 5) (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    Bork | cork | Cork | dork | folk | ford | fore | form | fort | pork | work | york | York (total: 13)

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrases

    fork-like | fork out | fork over | fork up | skeleton fork fern | tuning fork (total: 6)

    Other notable uses

    Spanish Fork (Utah, 42602 people) | American Fork (Utah, 33337 people) | West Fork (Arkansas, 2331 people) | Rolling Fork (Mississippi, 1883 people) | Locust Fork (Alabama, 1192 people) | ... (total: 17)

    Lake Fork Peak (United States, 12881 ft) | Black Fork Mountain (United States, 2598 ft) | American Fork Twin Peaks (United States, 11490 ft)

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    Crossword puzzle clues

    Chess tactic that involves attacking two pieces at once | Choice location? | Divide | Part of a river | Part of a road | Silver piece (total: 6) (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    11 (International English) | 11 (North American English)

    Phone keypad digits

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