meatfork en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈmiːtfɔː(ɹ)k/
Etymology
From meat + fork.
Meanings
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A large fork for turning meat or holding it in place for carving.
Gilbert grasped a carving knife and a steel in his great hands, and after setting up a briefly appetizing clangor, speared the roast to its heart with the long tines of a meatfork and carved off rich savory slabs of the rare beef.
2000, Thomas Wolfe, Arlyn Bruccoli, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli, O Lost: A Story of the Buried Life, page 15:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| meat fork | alternative | lexicographic | |
| meatforks | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| meat-fork | alternative | lexicographic |