tined
1
7.9
Having prongs like a fork
- adjective
- /taɪnd/
:
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
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In the kitchen, she preferred using a two-tined fork for serving salad.
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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.
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She always used a short, four-tined fork to enjoy her dessert, finding it more effective.
Synonyms
pronged
vstined
18
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
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.