prong
noun/prɒŋ/
/prɔːŋ/
- each of the two or more long pointed parts of a fork
- One of the prongs of the garden fork went through his foot.
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- each of the separate parts of an attack, argument, etc., that move towards a place, subject, etc. from different positionsTopics Opinion and argumentc2
- -pronged(in adjectives) having the number or type of prongs mentioned
- a two-pronged fork
- a three-pronged attack
Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting a forked implement): perhaps related to Middle Low German prange ‘pinching instrument’.
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