Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A thin, pointed, projecting part.
- noun A branch; a fork.
- transitive verb To pierce with or as if with a thin, pointed, projecting part.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To stab with or as with a fork.
- noun A sharp point or a pointed instrument; especially, one of several points which together make up a larger object: as, the prong of a fork; the prong of a deer's antler.
- noun A hay-fork.
- noun A fork or branch of a stream or inlet.
- noun A prawn (?).
- noun A pang.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A sharp-pointed instrument.
- noun The tine of a fork, or of a similar instrument.
- noun A sharp projection, as of an antler.
- noun The fang of a tooth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A thin,
pointed ,projecting part. - noun A
branch ; afork .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a pointed projection
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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My boyfriend things the prominent warning about the 4 hour prong is a marketing gimmick.
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My boyfriend thinks the prominent warning about the 4 hour prong is a marketing gimmick.
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Without a clear path to ground, which the 3rd prong is supposed to provide, your surge protector will not work.
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Without a clear path to ground, which the 3rd prong is supposed to provide, your surge protector will not work.
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Without a clear path to ground, which the 3rd prong is supposed to provide, your surge protector will not work.
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Without a clear path to ground, which the 3rd prong is supposed to provide, your surge protector will not work.
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Without a clear path to ground, which the 3rd prong is supposed to provide, your surge protector will not work.
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If the horns are long and that prong is high on the horn it will carry the mass up with it.
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Without a clear path to ground, which the 3rd prong is supposed to provide, your surge protector will not work.
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If the horns are long and that prong is high on the horn it will carry the mass up with it.
sionnach commented on the word prong
Can a woman prong a man?
October 6, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word prong
This reminds me of my Latin dictionary, in high school. For the word facio, one of the definitions was simply
9. (obscene)
October 6, 2009