pitchfork
English
/ˈpɪtʃˌfɔɹk/
noun
Definitions
- An agricultural tool comprising a fork attached to a long handle used for pitching hay or bales of hay high up onto a haystack.
- (rare) A tuning fork.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pichfork compound from English pitch + English fork.
Origin
English
fork
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dungfork English
- fastpitch English
- fork English
- forkable English
- forkball English
- forkbeard English
- forken English
- forker English
- forkful English
- forkhead English
- forkless English
- forklift English
- forklike English
- forkmaker English
- forktail English
- forkweed English
- forky English
- hayfork English
- meatfork English
- monopitch English
- multifork English
- multipitch English
- outpitch English
- overpitch English
- pitch English
- pitchable English
- pitchback English
- pitchbook English
- pitchcapping English
- pitcher English
- pitchest English
- pitcheth English
- pitchfest English
- pitchforkful English
- pitchforklike English
- pitchless English
- pitchlike English
- pitchman English
- pitchmeter English
- pitchometer English
- pitchout English
- pitchpenny English
- pitchperson English
- pitchpipe English
- pitchpole English
- pitchside English
- pitchstone English
- pitchwoman English
- pitchwork English
- pitchy English
- prefork English
- repitch English
- shakefork English
- slowpitch English
- furca Latin
- fork Dutch, Flemish
- pichar Spanish, Castilian
- piche Portuguese
- ピッチ Japanese
- フォーク Japanese
- forke Middle English
- picche Middle English
- picchen Middle English
- pichfork Middle English
- forko Esperanto
- piĉo Esperanto
- piche Galician
- fforc Welsh
- 포크 Korean
- imfologo Zulu
- pok Tok Pisin
- imfologo Swati
- forku Sranan Tongo
- fók Chuukese
- faank Fiji Hindi
- fok West Uvean
- fook Kumak
- fork
- forky
- pitch
- forken
- pitchy
- forker
- prefork
- hayfork
- repitch
- forkful
- pitcher
- forkable
- forkball
- forktail
- forkweed
- dungfork
- forklike
- pitchest
- meatfork
- forkhead
- pitcheth
- pitchout
- forklift
- forkless
- pitchman
- outpitch
- shakefork
- pitchpole
- pitchside
- monopitch
- pitchfest
- pitchwork
- slowpitch
- pitchback
- pitchless
- forkmaker
- pitchbook
- forkbeard
- pitchpipe
- multifork
- overpitch
- pitchable
- pitchlike
- fastpitch
- pitchstone
- pitchpenny
- pitchwoman
- multipitch
- pitchmeter
- pitchometer
- pitchperson
- pitchforkful
- pitchcapping
- pitchforklike