Fork

/fɔːk/

Synonyms for "fork" (211 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (43)

affluent angleangle offapex bail bayou bend bifurcate bifurcation bight billabong bine bisect bough bowl branchbranch outbranchedness branchiness bucket

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buffer burgeonby twocant cast catapult chevron chuck chunk

Noun(12 words)

bicycle forkbifurcate bifurcating branchbranch budbranch of logicbranch of physicsbranch of sciencebranch pathbranches branchingbranching point

Adjective(1 words)

bifurcated

Verb(1 words)

branch

Strong matches (63)

cleave coin confluentconfluent streamcorner crank crook crotch crotchet crutch cupcut in twocutlery dart dash deadwood decant deflection deltadendritic drainage pattern

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dichotomize dimidiatedining utensilsdip dishdish outdish updivaricate divide dogleg effluent elbow ell fan feeder fire fission flagellumflat silverflatware fling flip forks frond furcate furcation furcula furculum groin halve

Noun(11 words)

clone create crotch crotchesdining forkdivergediverging pointdivide duplicate forkingfront fork

Verb(2 words)

forked furcate

Related words (105)

Noun(13 words)

hayfork pitchforking pitchforkspronged utensilramification river separate spawn split tableforktined utensiltridents yokes

heavehollow warehook hurl hurtlein halfinflection inguen instrument jerk knee kniveslladle lance lathe launchlet flylimb lob

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nook offshoot pass peg pelt pitch pitchfork point pour prong putput the shotquoin ramage ramification ramify runner sarment scion scoop serve shoot shovel shy silversilver platesilverware sling slip snap spade spearsplit in twospoon spoons spray sprig sprit sproutstainless-steel warestem stolon subdivide sucker swerve switch tablespoon tableware teaspoon tendril thallus throw tilt tool toss transect tributary trident trifurcate twigvveer vertex wishbone zag zig zigzag

Verb(4 words)

pitchfork ramifies ramify separate

Adjective(1 words)

pronged

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

32 entries

aggress angle attackbicycle componentbranchbranching operationcodebaseconcurrency mechanismcopying actioncutlery divergedividing operationdivisioneating utensilformframe component

Showing 16 of 32 words.

More specific

18 entries

branch offcarbon forkchild processcode forkdinner forkdivergeenterprise forkmountain bike forkopen source forkprocess creationproject forkrepository forkroad forkroad splitsalad forkseafood fork

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Collocations

10 entries

Git forkbicycle forkcode forkdinner forkfork in the roadfront forkproject forkrepository forksalad forksoftware fork

Inflections

3 entries

forked forking forks

Derivations

7 entries

forkability forkable forkage forked forker forkful forking

similar

2 entries

branch ramify

Translations

157 translations across 73 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

tuinvurk noun (pronged tool)
vurk noun (pronged tool)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

δίκελλα noun (pronged tool)

Arabic

2 entries

تَشَعَّبَ verb (to divide into two or more branches)
تَفَرَّعَ verb (to divide into two or more branches)

Armenian

1 entries

պատառաքաղ noun (pronged tool)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries

ܡܲܫܠܝܵܐ noun (pronged tool)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

yaba noun (pronged tool)

Bashkir

1 entries

һәнәк noun (pronged tool)

Belarusian

1 entries

ві́лы noun (pronged tool)

Breton

2 entries

forc'h noun (pronged tool)
gaol noun (pronged tool)

Bulgarian

1 entries

ви́ла noun (pronged tool)

Catalan

4 entries

bifurcació noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)
forca noun (pronged tool)
forqueta noun (pronged tool)
bifurcar-se verb (to divide into two or more branches)

Chechen

1 entries

мӏара noun (pronged tool)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

分叉 noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
分叉 verb (computer science: to copy and separately develop a software project)

Cornish

2 entries

forgh noun (pronged tool)
gowl noun (pronged tool)

Czech

4 entries

odnož noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
rozbíhat se verb (to divide into two or more branches)
rozdvojovat se verb (to divide into two or more branches)
rozdělovat se verb (to divide into two or more branches)

Danish

3 entries

fork noun (pronged tool)
greb noun (pronged tool)
høtyv noun (pronged tool)

Dari

1 entries

چَنْگَال noun (pronged tool)

Dhivehi

1 entries

އޫ noun (pronged tool)

Dutch

4 entries

afsplitsing noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
fork noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
gaffel noun (pronged tool)
hooivork noun (pronged tool)

Esperanto

1 entries

forkego noun (pronged tool)

Estonian

2 entries

hang noun (pronged tool)
hark noun (pronged tool)

Finnish

4 entries

forkkaus noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
forkki noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
haara noun (name of some river tributaries)
haarakohta noun (computer science: splitting of a process)

French

4 entries

duplication de processus noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
embranchement noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)
fork noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
fork noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)

Galician

3 entries

forcada noun (pronged tool)
galla noun (pronged tool)
galleta noun (pronged tool)

German

4 entries

Abspaltung noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)
Fork noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
Fork noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
Fork noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)

Greek

1 entries

δικράνι noun (pronged tool)

Greenlandic

1 entries

ajassaatit noun (pronged tool)

Hungarian

1 entries

vasvilla noun (pronged tool)

Ido

1 entries

forko noun (pronged tool)

Indonesian

1 entries

garpu noun (pronged tool)

Interlingua

1 entries

furca noun (pronged tool)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

چَنْگال noun (pronged tool)

Irish

1 entries

píce noun (pronged tool)

Italian

4 entries

affluente noun (name of some river tributaries)
esecuzione di una fork noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
forcone noun (pronged tool)
immissario noun (name of some river tributaries)

Japanese

3 entries

ピッチフォーク noun (pronged tool)
フォーク noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
鍬 noun (pronged tool)

Komi-Permyak

1 entries

вила noun (pronged tool)

Korean

2 entries

갈퀴 noun (pronged tool)
쇠스랑 noun (pronged tool)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

айры noun (pronged tool)

Latin

1 entries

furca noun (pronged tool)

Latvian

2 entries

dakša noun (pronged tool)
sazaroties verb (to divide into two or more branches)

Lithuanian

1 entries

šakės noun (pronged tool)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Gafel noun (pronged tool)

Macedonian

1 entries

вила noun (pronged tool)

Maltese

1 entries

furkettun noun (pronged tool)

Marathi

3 entries

फोर्क noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
फोर्क noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
फोर्क noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)

Māori

1 entries

tīrou noun (pronged tool)

Norman

1 entries

frouque noun (pronged tool)

North Frisian

3 entries

Furk noun (pronged tool)
Gaawel noun (pronged tool)
goobel noun (pronged tool)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

gaffel noun (pronged tool)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

gaffel noun (pronged tool)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Gaufel noun (pronged tool)

Polish

3 entries

widły noun (pronged tool)
rozwidlać się verb (to divide into two or more branches)
rozwidlić się verb (to divide into two or more branches)

Portuguese

4 entries

bifurcação noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)
encruzilhada noun (figurative: point in time of making a decision)
forcado noun (pronged tool)
fork noun (computer science: a separately developed project based upon a copy of an existing project)

Romagnol

1 entries

furchèta noun (pronged tool)

Romanian

1 entries

furcă noun (pronged tool)

Russian

2 entries

ви́лы noun (pronged tool)
рука́в noun (name of some river tributaries)

Saanich

4 entries

EQIYN noun (pronged tool)
J₭ELSTEN noun (pronged tool)
TĆOŦEN noun (pronged tool)
ŚKEXÁL¸S noun (pronged tool)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

gràpa noun (pronged tool)

Serbo-Croatian

3 entries

vile noun (pronged tool)
viljuška noun (pronged tool)
виле noun (pronged tool)

Sicilian

4 entries

fork noun (computer science: splitting of a process)
fork noun (computer science: copying and separately developing a project)
furca noun (pronged tool)
furca noun (computer science: splitting of a process)

Slovak

4 entries

vidly noun (pronged tool)
rozdeliť sa verb (to divide into two or more branches)
rozdvojiť sa verb (to divide into two or more branches)
rozvetviť sa verb (to divide into two or more branches)

Sotho

1 entries

fereko noun (pronged tool)

Southern Altai

1 entries

айырмууш noun (pronged tool)

Spanish

3 entries

horca noun (pronged tool)
trinche noun (pronged tool)
bifurcarse verb (to divide into two or more branches)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

forku noun (pronged tool)

Swedish

4 entries

grep noun (pronged tool)
korsväg noun (figurative: point in time of making a decision)
vägskäl noun (figurative: point in time of making a decision)
vägval noun (figurative: point in time of making a decision)

Tarifit

1 entries

tazzart noun (pronged tool)

Turkish

1 entries

yaba noun (pronged tool)

Ukrainian

1 entries

ви́ла noun (pronged tool)

Unami

1 entries

làxaokw noun (pronged tool)

Walloon

1 entries

fortchete noun (pronged tool)

Welsh

4 entries

fforc noun (pronged tool)
fforch noun (pronged tool)
ffyrc noun (pronged tool)
gafl noun (pronged tool)

West-Frisian

1 entries

foarke noun (pronged tool)

Sample sentences

32 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Could we have a fork?

Source: tatoeba (34381)

Although the fork entered society on the tables of rich people, many members of royalty, such as Elizabeth I of England and Louis XIV of France, ate with their fingers.

Source: tatoeba (34385)

A fork fell off the table.

Source: tatoeba (34388)

I can't use a fork well.

Source: tatoeba (34389)

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