noun

fork

fork

I need a knife and fork.

I need a knife and fork.

Take the left fork in the road.

Take the left fork in the road.

a/the fork (as an eating utensil) Please pass me the fork.

a fork in the ((sth.)) (a division in a road or river) We came to a fork in the path.

Synonyms (utensil): prong; Synonyms (road): junction, branch, division

From Old English 'forca', from Latin 'furca' meaning 'pitchfork'.

Imagine a road splitting into two paths, looking like the prongs of a fork.

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