bifurcate, biramous, branched, forked, fork-like, forficate, pronged, prongy
(adjective) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; “the biramous appendages of an arthropod”; “long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects”; “a forked river”; “a forked tail”; “forked lightning”; “horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots”
pronged, tined
(adjective) having prongs or tines; usually used in combination; “a three-tined fork”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pronged (comparative more pronged, superlative most pronged)
(chiefly, in combination) Having (a specified number or type of) prongs
• three-pronged
Source: Wiktionary
Pronged, a.
Definition: Having prongs or projections like the tines of a fork; as, a three-pronged fork.
Prong, n. Etym: [Cf. D. prangen to pinch, press, LG. prange a stick, or W. procio to thrust, E. prowl, pang.]
1. A sharp-pointed instrument. Prick it on a prong of iron. Sandys.
2. The tine of a fork, or of a similar instrument; as, a fork of two or three prongs.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) A sharp projection, as of an antler. (b) The fang of a tooth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 April 2025
(adjective) not married or related to the unmarried state; “unmarried men and women”; “unmarried life”; “sex and the single girl”; “single parenthood”; “are you married or single?”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
