Phrase Hound found 98 phrases and 64 compound words that contain fork. The most common are listed below. Open fork in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 98
- tuning forkA fork-shaped object which emits a tone of a specific frequency when struck, producing a reference note for tuning instruments.
- fork in the roadA junction in which one road becomes two divergent roads.
- cocktail forkA small fork usually with two or three tines, used for eating dishes served as appetizers (such as fruit cocktails and shrimp cocktails), and for picking up olives and other small snacks.
- digging forkA hand tool used in farming and gardening, with several short, sturdy tines and a straight handle either waist-high or chest-high; it is used for digging and aerating soil.
- carving forkA fork with a long handle and two or three whetted flat tines, used in the process of serving meat, sausage, cheese or similar with care.
- knife-and-forkA trencherman; a person who eats heartily.
- winnowing forkA pitchfork used to winnow rice or grain from the chaff.
- fish forkA fork intended for eating fish and other seafood, as at formal dining where different forks are provided for different courses.
- farm-to-forkSynonym of farm-to-table: Relating to the process of food creation, from the raising of plants or livestock to the end product made available to consumers.
- fork bombA program that creates a large number of self-replicating tasks or processes in a computer system in order to cause a denial of service.
- tree forkA bifurcation in the trunk of a tree giving rise to two roughly equal diameter branches.
- chip forkA small, flat, wooden or plastic fork-like utensil available from chip shops.
- hard forkA rule change of a blockchain such that the software validating according to the old rules will see the blocks produced according to the new rules as invalid; the new blockchain resulting from such a split.
- fork lightningLightning that contains bolts that branch.
- American ForkA city in Utah, United States.
- Ash ForkA census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.
- Clark ForkA river in the U.S. states of Montana and Idaho, draining an extensive region of the Rocky Mountains in western Montana and northern Idaho in the watershed of the Columbia River.
- Dry ForkA large number of places in the United States:
- Rolling ForkA city, the county seat of Sharkey County, Mississippi, United States.
- garden forkSynonym of digging fork: A hand tool used in farming and gardening, with several short, sturdy tines and a straight handle either waist-high or chest-high; it is used for digging and aerating soil.
- salad forkA fork intended for use when eating salad, often shorter than a usual dinner fork and sometimes having one of the outer tines shaped differently.
- Hume's forkA tenet asserting that all statements are exclusively either "analytic a priori" (universally true by mere definition) or "synthetic a posteriori" (unknowable without exact experience).
- fork overTo turn over (soil, hay, etc.) with a gardening fork.
- fork-joinA pattern for parallel computing where execution parallelizes (or forks) at designated points in the program, to later merge (join) again for sequential computation.
- soft forkA rule change of a blockchain that does not require an upgrade of the whole network.
Compound words 64
- porkThe meat of a pig.
- forkliftA small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved.
- pitchforkAn agricultural hand tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).
- sporkAn eating utensil shaped like a spoon, the bowl of which is divided into tines like those of a fork, and so has the function of both implements; some sporks have a serrated edge so they can also function as a knife.
- forktailAny of various small insectivorous birds in the genus Enicurus.
- forkheadA sequence of amino acids that forms a motif, in FOX proteins, that binds to DNA.
- forkfulThe amount that a fork will hold.
- preforkTo fork (a process) in advance, so that additional similar processes are immediately available if required later.
- foonSynonym of spork: An eating utensil shaped like a spoon, the bowl of which is divided into tines like those of a fork, and so has the function of both implements; some sporks have a serrated edge so they can also function as a knife.
- forkbeardA European fish (Raniceps raninus), having a large flat head.