fork-like
- adjective
- /fɔrk-laɪk/
- The river split into two fork-like branches just before it reached the sea.
Examples
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The insect's fork-like antennae help it navigate its environment.
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The geologist pointed to a fork-like crack running through the rock.
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The tree has fork-like branches that spread out.
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Look at that fork-like structure in the garden!
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The tree has fork-like branches that spread out in multiple directions.
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The river split into two fork-like branches just before it reached the sea.
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The geologist pointed to a fork-like crack running through the rock.
Synonyms
Dividing into two or more branches, like a road that splits
A thing with parts that split into two or more branches
Shaped like a fork with two thin branches
Split into two parts or branches, like a river
Having parts that split and spread out like a tree
Having two or more pointy branches like a fork
A thing that has thin pointed parts that stick out like the points of a fork
Having a forked or branched shape in a body part
A limb or body part that has two separate branches
Shaped like a long thin part of a tree
How Branched
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fork-like comes from fork, the tool with two or more prongs, and the ending -like meaning 'similar to'. So fork-like describes something 'shaped like a fork' or 'divided into branches'.