Definitions from Wiktionary (Pitchfork)
▸ noun: An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).
▸ noun: A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.
▸ noun: (casual, loosely) Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
▸ noun: (rare) A tuning fork.
▸ verb: (transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
▸ verb: (transitive, figurative) To throw suddenly.
▸ noun: A surname.
Pitchfork bifurcation,
devil's pitchfork,
devils pitchfork,
Colin Pitchfork,
Pitchfork Music Festival,
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▸ noun: An agricultural tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).
▸ noun: A similar fork with slightly more and heavier tines, used for mucking stalls and pitching soiled bedding into a wagon or manure spreader.
▸ noun: (casual, loosely) Any fork used for farm labor, even a digging fork (but such usage is often considered ignorant by experienced farmers).
▸ noun: (rare) A tuning fork.
▸ verb: (transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.
▸ verb: (transitive, figurative) To throw suddenly.
▸ noun: A surname.
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fork,
forcque,
military fork,
fork truck,
slave fork,
toasting-fork,
salad fork,
forkload,
fondue fork,
foothook,
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