haarukka — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
haarukka is used for these senses in English:
- bracket (military) Typically of stationary weapons, the zone enclosed by one long and one short shot impact expected to be hit very accurately.
- clevis A U-shaped coupling having holes at each end, through which a bolt is run; used especially to fit attachments to a tractor or other vehicle as it allows a degree of rotation about the bolt.
- fork Such a pronged tool having a long straight handle, generally for two-handed use, as used for digging, lifting, mucking, pitching, etc.
- 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.
- fork (chess) The simultaneous attack of two adversary pieces with one single attacking piece (especially a knight).
- fork (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.
- swallowtail Anything, such as a burgee, of a similar forked shape.
bracket — full definition
- noun A support fixed to a wall or frame that holds up a shelf or other object.
- noun One of a pair of punctuation marks — such as ( ) or [ ] — used to enclose extra information or set apart a section of text or a mathematical expression.
- noun A category or range that something falls into, especially for income, age, or a tournament.
- verb To group things together as belonging to the same category.
fork — full definition
- noun A pronged utensil used for eating or serving food.
- noun A point where a road, path, or river splits into two directions.
- noun A separate version of a software project or dataset created from an existing one.
- verb To split into two or more branches or directions.