pickle fork

English

WOTD – 15 August 2021

Etymology

A drawing of a pickle fork (sense 1).^{[n 1]}

The tine end of an antique silver-plated pickle fork (sense 1).

From pickle +‎ fork.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪkl̩ ˌfɔːk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɪk(ə)l ˈfɔɹk/
• Rhymes: -ɔːk
• Hyphenation: pick‧le fork

Noun

pickle fork (plural pickle forks)

1. A fork with a long handle and usually two or three tines, used for extracting pickles from a tall jar.
2. A long-handled tool with two prongs used to unseat ball-and-socket joints.
3. (aviation, informal) A structure attaching an aircraft's wings to its body, having an arched shape with prongs at each end.

Hypernyms

• fork

Translations

fork with a long handle and usually two or three tines, used for extracting pickles from a tall jar

long-handled took with two prongs used to unseat ball joints

Notes

1. By John R. Towers, c. 1936, from the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., USA.

Further reading

• fork on Wikipedia.Wikipedia