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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
noun
Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows:
hooivork
noun
Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows:
mestvork
noun
Any of several types of pronged (tined) tools (physical tools), as follows:
vork
noun
Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.
splitsing
noun
Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.
splitsing
noun
vork
noun
afsplitsing
noun
(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
noun
(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
noun
(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
noun
(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
noun
(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
verb
(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
verb
(ambitransitive, computing) To spawn a new child process by duplicating the existing process.
forken
verb
(ambitransitive, computing) To spawn a new child process by duplicating the existing process.
met een vork eten
verb
(transitive) To move with a fork (as hay or food).
prikken
verb
(transitive) To move with a fork (as hay or food).

What does "fork" mean?

  1. noun A pronged utensil used for eating or serving food.
    "She picked up her fork and started on the salad."
  2. noun A point where a road, path, or river splits into two directions.
    "Take the left fork at the end of the trail."
  3. 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."
  4. 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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