pitchfork

Meaning of pitchfork

noun

a farm tool with a long handle and two sharp metal prongs, used for lifting hay.

verb
  1. lift with a pitchfork.
    once mixed, the sticky mass is pitchforked up on to the walls

late Middle English: from earlier pickfork, influenced by the verb pitch1 (because the tool is used for ‘pitching’ or throwing sheaves on to a stack).

Information about pitchfork

  • The plural form of pitchfork is: pitchforks.
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Hyphenation of pitchfork

pitch-fork

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • pitchfork is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

pitchfork synonyms

Meaning fork:

fork

Translation of pitchfork

Words that rhyme with pitchfork

fork, shakefork, spittlefork, tablefork, fecifork, pickfork, enfork, unfork, strawfork, hayfork

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