toasting fork

1 6.3

A long-handled fork used to toast food like bread over a fire

noun
/ˈtoʊstɪŋ fɔrk/

: tenedor para asar

She used a toasting fork to brown the bread over the fireplace.

Examples

After years of use, the old toasting fork was still hanging by the hearth.
I bought a new toasting fork for our camping trip.
The children enjoyed roasting marshmallows with a toasting fork during their camping trip.
The toasting fork is essential for cooking over the fire.
Using a toasting fork, she carefully cooked the marshmallows over the campfire.
He used a long toasting fork to hold the sausages above the flames.
The chef reached for a toasting fork to toast slices of bread by the grill.

Synonyms

barbecue fork

vstoasting fork

1 2.0

A long two-pronged metal tool for lifting and turning food on a grill

used mainly to hold and toast food over an open fire

Surface Forms

toasting fork singular

toasting forks plural

Morphology

toasting + fork

The meaning 'a fork used for toasting' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'toasting' (heating bread) with 'fork' (an eating/cooking utensil); the compound simply names the instrument used for toasting. This compositional, descriptive noun compound follows common English compounding patterns (and similar patterns occur in other languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

Toasting fork comes from a simple cooking picture: a long fork on a long handle used to hold bread or sausages over an open fire to toast them until brown. So today it means 'a long-handled fork used for cooking or toasting food'.