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tined

tined

1 7.9
Having prongs like a fork
  • adjective
  • /taɪnd/
translation icon : con púas
  • What Raymond had in mind was a five-tined frog gig attached to a basswood pole.
  • tined fork
  • three-tined
  • tined tiller

Examples

  • In the kitchen, she preferred using a two-tined fork for serving salad.

  • The only real silverware was the three-tined forks Kay brought them and pocketknives.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • For the barbecue, he chose a sturdy three-tined fork to turn the meat on the grill.

  • She always used a short, four-tined fork to enjoy her dessert, finding it more effective.

Synonyms

pronged
vstined
4.5

A thing that has thin pointed parts that stick out like the points of a fork

is used in combination to specify number or type of those points

Surface Forms

tined positive

Morphology

tined = tine (transparent) = tine + ed

Adjectival formed regularly from the noun 'tine' with '-ed' meaning 'having tines', a directly derivable meaning for learners.

Etymology

The word tined comes from the small parts called tines, the points or little 'teeth' on a fork. So something described as tined simply has these prongs or sharp points, which is why we say a 'three-tined' fork.