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# prong

«prong» in Mova's school dictionary: **One of the sharp pointed ends of a fork or similar tool** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (prong, prongs)

### meaning for a pupil

One of the sharp pointed ends of a fork or similar tool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prong/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, the sharp points of a fork or of a monster's teeth and claws

### examples

- Use the prongs of the fork to lift the pea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prong/#x1)
- A fork usually has four prongs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prong/#x2)
- The branch split into two forked prongs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prong/#x3)
- The monster had hooks and prongs for teeth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prong/#x4)

### note

counting the prongs counts the sharp points of a fork: a fork with 4 prongs has 4 points

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prong» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prong/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.