hayfork
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A long-handled tool with several points used to lift and turn hay
- noun
- /ˈheɪˌfɔrk/
:
horquilla
- With his hayfork, she turned over the piles of hay to let them dry.
Examples
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After the harvest, he leaned the hayfork against the wall.
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He saw axes, flails, and hayforks—but no proper pikes or halberds, thank God.
Fiction book (2000) -
Shaggy, wild-eyed men, armed with cudgels, scythes, and hayforks.
Fiction book (1991) -
The farmer used a hayfork to lift the hay into the barn.
Synonyms
pitchfork
vshayfork
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1.7
A long-handled farm tool with wide sharp prongs used to lift and toss hay
is the tool with closer prongs for turning or lifting hay rather than tossing it
fork
vshayfork
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1.0
A long-handled tool with several prongs for moving hay or soil
is the specific long handled tool for turning or lifting hay
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7.9
A machine that turns and spreads cut grass so it dries faster
is a simple hand tool used directly to turn or lift hay
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Etymology
The word hayfork comes from the words hay ('dried grass') and fork ('tool with prongs'). So it literally means a 'fork for hay', which is why it names the long-handled tool used to lift and turn hay.