fork in Dutch
fork in Dutch is gaffel, hooivork, mestvork — fork means a pronged utensil used for eating or serving food.
fork in Dutch
gaffel
Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows:
hooivork
Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows:
mestvork
Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows:
vork
Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.
splitsing
Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.
splitsing
vork
afsplitsing
(metonymic, analogous to any prong of a pronged tool) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.
fork
(metonymic, analogous to any prong of a pronged tool) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.
splitsing
(metonymic, analogous to any prong of a pronged tool) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow.
voorvork
(cycling, motorcycles, by abstraction from a pronged tool's shape) In a bicycle or motorcycle, the portion of the frameset holding the front wheel, allowing the rider to steer and balance, also called front fork.
vork
(cycling, motorcycles, by abstraction from a pronged tool's shape) In a bicycle or motorcycle, the portion of the frameset holding the front wheel, allowing the rider to steer and balance, also called front fork.
afsplitsen
(ambitransitive, software development) To launch a separate software development effort based upon a modified copy of an existing software project, especially in free and open-source software.
afsplitsen
(ambitransitive, computing) To spawn a new child process by duplicating the existing process.
forken
(ambitransitive, computing) To spawn a new child process by duplicating the existing process.
met een vork eten
(transitive) To move with a fork (as hay or food).
prikken
(transitive) To move with a fork (as hay or food).
What does "fork" mean?
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noun A pronged utensil used for eating or serving food.
"She picked up her fork and started on the salad."
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noun A point where a road, path, or river splits into two directions.
"Take the left fork at the end of the trail."
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noun A separate version of a software project or dataset created from an existing one.
"The developer created a fork of the open-source library to add new features."
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verb To split into two or more branches or directions.
"The road forks just past the bridge."
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fork in a sentence
- She picked up her fork and started on the salad.
- Take the left fork at the end of the trail.
- We reached a fork in the river and had to choose a direction.
- The developer created a fork of the open-source library to add new features.
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What is "fork" in Dutch?
"fork" in Dutch is gaffel, hooivork, mestvork. fork means: A pronged utensil used for eating or serving food.
How do you use "fork" in a sentence?
Example: "She picked up her fork and started on the salad." In Dutch, "fork" is gaffel, hooivork, mestvork.
Are there other ways to say "fork" in Dutch?
Yes — Dutch has 12 translations listed for "fork": gaffel, hooivork, mestvork, vork, splitsing, afsplitsing.
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