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prong
[ prawng, prong ]
noun
- one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- any pointed, projecting part, as of an antler.
- a branch of a stream.
- Jewelry. a tapering metal projection, usually heavier than a claw, rising from the base of a jewelry setting and used to hold a stone in position as needed. Compare claw ( def 7 ).
verb (used with object)
- to pierce or stab with or as if with a prong.
- to supply with prongs.
prong
/ prɒŋ /
noun
- a sharply pointed end of an instrument, such as on a fork
- any pointed projecting part
verb
- tr to prick or spear with or as if with a prong
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Derived Forms
- pronged, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prong1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prong1
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Example Sentences
In the early morning of August 27, Howe launched a three-prong attack.
This leads to the two-prong test defense lawyers use to battle DUI cases, challenge the stop and challenge the arrest.
But more telling than this is the second prong of the Eastern Lyme Offensive.
The slabs of the flooring, covered everywhere else with greenish moisture, wore a blood-red tint under the prong.
It is indeed almost impossible for orthodox divines to make a selection which prong of the fork is the worst.
In man and other placentaires, the forked prong is a teratological fact only encountered in incomplete double monsters.
The hunter then threw his spear, made with three barbs of different lengths, and caught the duck on the sharp central prong.
So, snatching a cloak from the prong of an antler in the hall, Theresa went out into the irregular hooting of the storm.
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