[count] 1 a : a small tool with two or more pointed parts (called prongs or tines) used for picking up and eating food
▪ a salad fork — see picture at place setting
b : a garden tool with two or more prongs used for lifting and digging soil — see also pitchfork 2 a : a place where something (such as a road or river) divides into two parts
▪ a fork in the road
b : either one of the parts that a road, river, etc., divides into
▪ take the left fork ▪ the north fork of the river 3 : a part or tool that divides into two parts
▪ the front fork of a bicycle — see also tuning fork
▪ a salad fork — see picture at place setting
b : a garden tool with two or more prongs used for lifting and digging soil — see also pitchfork
▪ a fork in the road
b : either one of the parts that a road, river, etc., divides into
▪ take the left fork ▪ the north fork of the river
▪ the front fork of a bicycle — see also tuning fork







