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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024prong /prɔŋ, prɑŋ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- one of the long, pointed ends of a fork.
pronged, adj. [with a word indicating number]a three-pronged fork (= a fork having three prongs). WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024prong (prông, prong),USA pronunciation n. - one of the pointed tines of a fork.
- any pointed, projecting part, as of an antler.
- a branch of a stream.
- Jewelrya tapering metal projection, usually heavier than a claw, rising from the base of a jewelry setting and used to hold a stone in position as needed. Cf. claw (def. 7).
v.t. - to pierce or stab with or as if with a prong.
- to supply with prongs.
- 1400–50; late Middle English pronge, prange pain, affliction, pointed instrument; akin to Old Swedish prang gorge, narrow street, Middle Low German prange stake, prangen to press, Gothic anaprangan to oppress
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hook, tooth, spur.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: prong /prɒŋ/ n - a sharply pointed end of an instrument, such as on a fork
- any pointed projecting part
vb - (transitive) to prick or spear with or as if with a prong
Etymology: 15th Century: related to Middle Low German prange a stake, Gothic anaprangan to afflictpronged adj |