Meatfork

//ˈmiːtfɔː(ɹ)k// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A large fork for turning meat or holding it in place for carving.

    "Gilbert grasped a carving knife and a steel in his great hands, and after setting up a briefly appetizing clangor, speared the roast to its heart with the long tines of a meatfork and carved off rich savory slabs of the rare beef."

Example

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"Gilbert grasped a carving knife and a steel in his great hands, and after setting up a briefly appetizing clangor, speared the roast to its heart with the long tines of a meatfork and carved off rich savory slabs of the rare beef."

Etymology

From meat + fork.

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