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fork

noun [C] (FOOD)
 
 
/fɔːk/ US  /fɔːrk/

Definition

A2 a small object with three or four points and a handle, that you use to pick up food and eat with: a knife and fork.Cutlery
(Definition of fork noun (FOOD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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