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fourche — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crotch noun The area of the body where the legs meet the torso, around the genitals.
  • fork noun A pronged utensil used for eating or serving food.
  • pitchfork noun A long-handled farm tool with sharp tines, used for lifting and moving hay or straw.

Senses

fourche is used for these senses in English:

  • crotch The area where something forks or branches: where a ramification takes place.
  • free period A school period in which a student has free time, i.e., is not enrolled in a class.
  • split end A hair which has split at the end, usually from dryness or poor nutrition.

crotch — full definition

  1. noun The area of the body where the legs meet the torso, around the genitals.
  2. noun The point where something forks or branches into two parts, such as a tree limb or a pair of trousers.

fork — full definition

  1. noun A pronged utensil used for eating or serving food.
  2. noun A point where a road, path, or river splits into two directions.
  3. noun A separate version of a software project or dataset created from an existing one.
  4. verb To split into two or more branches or directions.

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