Synonyms for fork
fɔrkfork

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1. forknoun

   cutlery used for serving and eating food

   Synonyms:
   crotch, forking, ramification, branching

2. branching, ramification, fork, forkingnoun

   the act of branching out or dividing into branches

   Synonyms:
   branch, forking, furcation, leg, crotch, complication, ramification, branching

3. fork, crotchnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   genital organ, forking, genitalia, private parts, crotch, ramification, privates, genitals, branching

4. forknoun

   an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs

   Synonyms:
   crotch, forking, ramification, branching

5. crotch, forkverb

   the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk

   Synonyms:
   genital organ, forking, genitalia, privates, private parts, crotch, ramification, genitals, branching

6. pitchfork, forkverb

   lift with a pitchfork

   "pitchfork hay"

   Synonyms:
   ramify, furcate, separate, pitchfork, branch

7. forkverb

   place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces

   Synonyms:
   ramify, furcate, separate, pitchfork, branch

8. branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separateverb

   divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

   "The road forks"

   Synonyms:
   divide, split, pitchfork, separate, sort, come apart, assort, classify, secern, sort out, dissever, differentiate, class, part, break, disunite, severalise, break up, fall apart, severalize, secernate, complexify, split up, furcate, distinguish, tell apart, carve up, tell, branch, single out, ramify, discriminate

9. forkverb

   shape like a fork

   "She forked her fingers"

   Synonyms:
   ramify, furcate, separate, pitchfork, branch

Matched Categories

1. • Attack
   • Chess
   • Cutlery
   • Lift
   • Shape
   • Tool

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. utensil

   it is a utensil

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

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1. forknoun

   Synonyms:
   branch, division, divarication

2. forkverb

   Synonyms:
   branch, divide

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. forknoun

   Synonyms:
   fourchette, divarication, branch, crotch, prong, tine, pew, grain

2. forkverb

   Synonyms:
   ramify, branch, divaricate

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1. List of paraphrases for "fork":

   clevis, yoke, forks, range, pitchfork

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How to use fork in a sentence?

1. Neil Gershenfeld:

   For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If you hit a tuning fork twice as hard it will ring twice as loud but still at the same frequency. That's a linear response. If you hit a person twice as hard they're unlikely just to shout twice as loud. That property lets you learn more about the person than the tuning fork.

2. Hamza Taouzzale:

   What fork or knife to use was tricky at first, i never used to have more than one fork or one knife on the table, and suddenly I had three of each. It was like, what do I do ?

3. Stanislaw Lec:

   Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork

4. Asaf Gitelis:

   The mask will be opened mechanically by hand remote or automatically when the fork is coming to the mask, then you can eat, enjoy, drink and you take out the fork and it will be closed, and you're protected against the virus and other people sitting with you.

5. Doug Heye:

   Republicans are coming to a fork in the road -- and the question is -- whether or not they will take it, there are a lot of people who wanted to fight -- all we could do is fight Obama, fight the Democrats nonstop. Or do we have a strategy of not just throwing punches but landing punches?