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PITCHFORK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pitchfork" is a kind of...):

hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)

Meronyms (parts of "pitchfork"):

tine (prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler)

Derivation:

pitchfork (lift with a pitchfork)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lift with a pitchfork

Example:

pitchfork hay

Synonyms:

fork; pitchfork

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "pitchfork" is one way to...):

lift (take hold of something and move it to a different location)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

pitchfork (a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay)

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