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fork

 
pronunciation:
fork
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: a tool with a handle and two or more points used for eating or lifting food.
We eat meat with a fork and soup with a spoon.
 
definition 2: the point where something divides into two or more branches, or one of the branches.
Turn right at the fork in the road.We followed the left fork of the river.
derivation: forklike (adj.)
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  food, river, tool