The tines of the fork were quite evidently of iron or steel, the girl did not know which, while the handle and the spoon were of the same material as the smaller vessels.
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Tine
//taɪn//
Synonyms for "tine" (8 found)
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15 entriesTranslations
54 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- στόρθυγξ noun (prong)
- στόρθυγξ noun (on antler)
Bulgarian
3 entries- зъб noun (prong)
- острие noun (prong)
- разклонение noun (on antler)
Catalan
2 entries- pollegó noun (prong)
- pua noun (prong)
Czech
4 entries- hrot noun (prong)
- výsada noun (on antler)
- zub noun (prong)
- špička noun (prong)
Danish
2 entries- tak noun (on antler)
- tand noun (prong)
Dutch
1 entries- punt noun (prong)
Finnish
4 entries- haara noun (on antler)
- kärki noun (prong)
- pii noun (prong)
- piikki noun (prong)
French
3 entries- andouiller noun (on antler)
- dent noun (prong)
- fourchon noun (prong)
Galician
2 entries- dente noun (prong)
- galla noun (prong)
German
4 entries- Dorn noun (prong)
- Ende noun (on antler)
- Pickel noun (prong)
- Sprießel noun (on antler)
Icelandic
1 entries- tönn noun (prong)
Italian
3 entries- dente noun (prong)
- punta noun (prong)
- rebbio noun (prong)
Macedonian
1 entries- забец noun (prong)
Māori
1 entries- kātara noun (prong)
Norwegian
1 entries- tann noun (prong)
Old English
1 entries- tind noun (prong)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- چاتال noun (prong)
Portuguese
1 entries- dente noun (prong)
Russian
1 entries- зубе́ц noun (prong)
Spanish
4 entries- candil noun (on antler)
- diente noun (prong)
- puya noun (prong)
- púa noun (prong)
Swedish
2 entries- tagg noun (on antler)
- tand noun (prong)
Volapük
2 entries- fokatuit noun (prong)
- tuit noun (on antler)
Welsh
1 entries- dant noun (prong)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Sitting at the table one day, I held the fork in my left hand and pierced a piece of fried chicken. I put the knife through the second tine, as we had been strictly taught, and began to saw against the bone.
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“I answer not the challenge of my prisoner,” said Front-de-Bœuf; “nor shalt thou, Maurice de Bracy.—Giles,” he continued, “hang the franklin’s glove upon the tine of yonder branched antlers:[…]
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“By my faith, sirs,” he continued, half turning in his saddle to address his escort, “unless my woodcraft is sadly at fault, it is a stag of six tines and the finest that we have roused this journey.
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