fork

noun
/fɔːk/

Any of several types of () (physical tools), as follows

Other meanings

A utensil with spikes used to put solid food into the mouth, or to hold food down while cutting, or for serving food.
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.

A kind of

cutlery

Kinds of fork

carving fork
salad fork
toasting fork

Example sentences

“You're supposed to eat it with a fork.”
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Word history

From Old English "force".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “fork” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.