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Noun
S:
(n)
fork
(cutlery used for serving and eating food)
S:
(n)
branching
,
ramification
,
fork
,
forking
(the act of branching out or dividing into branches)
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sister term
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
fork
,
crotch
(the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches)
"they took the south fork"; "he climbed into the crotch of a tree"
S:
(n)
fork
(an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs)
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full hyponym
part meronym
S:
(n)
prong
(a pointed projection)
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sister term
S:
(n)
tool
(an implement used in the practice of a vocation)
S:
(n)
implement
(instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end)
S:
(n)
instrumentality
,
instrumentation
(an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end)
S:
(n)
artifact
,
artefact
(a man-made object taken as a whole)
S:
(n)
whole
,
unit
(an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity)
"how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
S:
(n)
object
,
physical object
(a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)
"it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
S:
(n)
physical entity
(an entity that has physical existence)
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
crotch
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fork
(the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk)
Verb
S:
(v)
pitchfork
,
fork
(lift with a pitchfork)
"pitchfork hay"
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derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
fork
(place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces)
S:
(v)
branch
,
ramify
,
fork
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furcate
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separate
(divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork)
"The road forks"
S:
(v)
fork
(shape like a fork)
"She forked her fingers"