Synonyms for fork
fɔrk

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1. fork(noun)

   cutlery used for serving and eating food

   Synonyms:
   crotch, forking, ramification, branching

2. branching, ramification, fork, forking(noun)

   the act of branching out or dividing into branches

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

3. fork, crotch(noun)

   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. fork(noun)

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

   Synonyms:
   crotch, forking, ramification, branching

5. crotch, fork(verb)

   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, fork(verb)

   lift with a pitchfork

   "pitchfork hay"

   Synonyms:
   ramify, furcate, separate, pitchfork, branch

7. fork(verb)

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

   Synonyms:
   ramify, furcate, separate, pitchfork, branch

8. branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate(verb)

   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. fork(verb)

   shape like a fork

   "She forked her fingers"

   Synonyms:
   ramify, furcate, separate, pitchfork, branch

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. utensil

   it is a utensil

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. fork(n.)

   Synonyms:
   branch, division, divarication

2. fork(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   branch, divide

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. fork(n)

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

2. fork(v)

   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. English Proverb:

   Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.

2. Stanisław Jerzy Lec:

   Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

3. Christopher Noble:

   The first we thing have to teach is using a knife and fork, we use them every day but to them it's inherently foreign.

4. Marco A. Almazan:

   The truly skillful politician is one who, when he comes to a fork in the road, goes both ways.

5. Ken LaGrande:

   Sun Valley Rice now is a fully integrated arm of the family business,' from farm to fork' if you will, we source rice from 200 farms, or about 10 % of the rice crop gown in California. And we handle drying, milling, packaging and marketing of the rice.

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