toasting fork

toasting fork
noun
long-handled fork for cooking or toasting frankfurters or bread etc. (especially over an open fire)
• Hypernyms: ↑fork

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noun
1. : a long-handled fork used to toast bread, marshmallows, or other foods usually over an open fire or live coals

if I had given him time to get at his … pistol or his toasting fork, it was all up — Thomas Hughes

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a long-handled fork used for cooking or toasting frankfurters, marshmallows, bread, etc., usually over an open fire.
[1830-40]

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toasting fork or toasting iron noun
1. A long-handled fork for toasting bread
2. A sword (facetious)
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Main Entry: ↑toast

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toasting fork UK [ˈtəʊstɪŋ ˌfɔː(r)k] US [ˈtoʊstɪŋ ˌfɔrk] noun [countable] [singular toasting fork plural toasting forks]
a fork with a long handle, used in the past for holding bread close to a fire to toast it
Thesaurus: knives, forks and spoonshyponym

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ˈtoasting fork [toasting fork] noun
a fork with a long handle used for toasting bread in front of a fire

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  • Toasting fork — Toasting Toast ing, a. & n. from {Toast}, v. [1913 Webster] {Toasting fork}, a long handled fork for toasting bread, cheese, or the like, by the fire. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • toasting fork — n a long fork used to hold bread over a fire to toast it …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • toasting fork — ► NOUN ▪ a long handled fork for making toast in front of a fire …   English terms dictionary

  • toasting fork — UK [ˈtəʊstɪŋ ˌfɔː(r)k] / US [ˈtoʊstɪŋ ˌfɔrk] noun [countable] Word forms toasting fork : singular toasting fork plural toasting forks a fork with a long handle, used in the past for holding bread close to a fire to toast it …   English dictionary

  • toasting fork — a long handled fork used for cooking or toasting frankfurters, marshmallows, bread, etc., usually over an open fire. [1830 40] * * * …   Universalium

  • toasting fork — toast|ing fork [ toustıŋ ,fɔrk ] noun count a fork with a long handle, used in the past for holding bread close to a fire to TOAST it …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • toasting fork — noun a long handled fork for making toast in front of a fire …   English new terms dictionary

  • toasting fork — noun (C) a long fork used to hold bread over a fire to toast it …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • toasting fork — /ˈtoʊstɪŋ fɔk/ (say tohsting fawk) noun a fork with a long handle on which bread, or the like, can be toasted over a fire …  

  • Toasting — Toast ing, a. & n. from {Toast}, v. [1913 Webster] {Toasting fork}, a long handled fork for toasting bread, cheese, or the like, by the fire. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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