Phrase Hound found 47 phrases and 9 compound words that contain forks. The most common are listed below. Open forks in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 47
- Five ForksThe place name of many U.S. towns.
- Grand ForksA place in the United States:
- tree forksplural of tree fork: A bifurcation in the trunk of a tree giving rise to two roughly equal diameter branches.
- tuning forksplural of tuning fork: A fork-shaped object which emits a tone of a specific frequency when struck, producing a reference note for tuning instruments.
- Grand Forks CountyOne of 53 counties in North Dakota, United States. County seat: Grand Forks.
- bent forksplural of bent fork: A hoe with two or more tines at right angles to the shaft, typically used to loosen the soil for planting or sowing.
- cake forksplural of cake fork: A three- or four-tined fork designed for eating pastries and similar desserts from a plate held in the other hand.
- chip forksplural of chip fork: A small, flat, wooden or plastic fork-like utensil available from chip shops.
- cocktail forksplural of cocktail fork: A 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.
- crab forksplural of crab fork: A very small fork for extracting flesh from a crab or lobster.
- dessert forksplural of dessert fork: A three- or four-tined fork designed for eating pastries and similar desserts from a plate held in the other hand.
- dinner forksplural of dinner fork: A large fork with long tines used to eat the main course of a meal.
- fish forksplural of fish fork: A fork intended for eating fish and other seafood, as at formal dining where different forks are provided for different courses.
- forks offthird-person singular simple present indicative of fork off: to diverge into two or more separate paths.
- forks outthird-person singular simple present indicative of fork out: To pay out, to hand over.
- forks overthird-person singular simple present indicative of fork over: To turn over (soil, hay, etc.) with a gardening fork.
- garden forksplural of garden 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.
- hair forksplural of hair fork: A large pronged accessory for holding a hair bun in place.
- hard forksplural of hard fork: A 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.
- impossible forksplural of impossible fork: An impossible object resembling a tuning fork with two or three prongs depending on how it is viewed.
- meat-forksplural of meat-fork: A large fork for turning meat or holding it in place for carving.
- military forksplural of military fork: A polearm used in Europe between the 15th and 19th centuries, normally consisting of two tines (prongs), straight and parallel or slightly flared.
- pie forksplural of pie fork: A three- or four-tined fork designed for eating pastries and similar desserts from a plate held in the other hand.
- replication forksplural of replication fork: The Y-shaped region of a chromosome that is the site of DNA replication
- royal forksplural of royal fork: A move in which a piece or pawn attacks the opposing king and queen simultaneously.
Compound words 9
- pitchforksplural of pitchfork: An 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).
- dungforksplural of dungfork: A fork for tossing dung.
- hayforksplural of hayfork: A tool used for moving hay; a pitchfork.
- meatforksplural of meatfork: A large fork for turning meat or holding it in place for carving.
- pickforksplural of pickfork: A pitchfork.
- preforksthird-person singular simple present indicative of prefork: To fork (a process) in advance, so that additional similar processes are immediately available if required later.
- shakeforksplural of shakefork: A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork.
- strawforksplural of strawfork: A tool for shifting straw; a pitchfork.
- Woodforksplural of Woodfork: A surname.