pitchfork

From Middle English pichfork, pycchefork, pychforke, pikeforke, pikkforke, pic-forcke, equivalent to pitch +‎ fork.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪtʃˌfɔɹk/

pitchfork (plural pitchforks)

1. An agricultural tool comprising a fork attached to a long handle used for pitching hay or bales of hay high up onto a haystack.

• pitchforkful
• rain pitchforks

pitchfork (third-person singular simple present pitchforks, present participle pitchforking, simple past and past participle pitchforked)

1. (transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.

• tuning fork

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