Found 3 items, similar to forks.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: fork bercabang, cabang, garpu
English → English (WordNet) Definition: fork fork v 1: lift with a pitchfork; “pitchfork hay” [syn: pitchfork] 2: place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces 3: divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; “The road forks” [syn: branch, ramify, furcate, separate] 4: shape like a fork; “She forked her fingers” fork n 1: cutlery used for serving and eating food 2: the act of branching out or dividing into branches [syn: branching, ramification, forking] 3: a part of a forked or branching shape; “he broke off one of the branches”; “they took the south fork” [syn: branch, leg, ramification] 4: an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs 5: the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they join the human trunk [syn: crotch]
English → English (gcide) Definition: fork Bracket \Brack"et\, n. [Cf. OF. braguette codpiece, F. brayette, Sp. bragueta, also a projecting mold in architecture; dim. fr. L. bracae breeches; cf. also, OF. bracon beam, prop, support; of unknown origin. Cf. Breeches.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Arch.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office. [1913 Webster] Note: This is the more general word. See Brace, Cantalever, Console, Corbel, Strut. [1913 Webster] 2. (Engin. & Mech.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles. [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mil.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage. [1913 Webster] 5. (Print.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet. [1913 Webster] 6. A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like. [1913 Webster] 7. (Gunnery) A figure determined by firing a projectile beyond a target and another short of it, as a basis for ascertaining the proper elevation of the piece; -- only used in the phrase, to establish a bracket. After the bracket is established shots are fired with intermediate elevations until the exact range is obtained. In the United States navy it is called fork. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Bracket light, a gas fixture or a lamp attached to a wall, column, etc. [1913 Webster]