meatfork

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

meat +‎ fork

Noun[edit]

meatfork (plural meatforks)

  1. A large fork for turning meat or holding it in place for carving.
    • 2000, Thomas Wolfe, Arlyn Bruccoli, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli, O Lost: A Story of the Buried Life, page 15:
      Gilbert grasped a carving knife and a steel in his great hands, and after setting up a briefly appetizing clangor, speared the roast to its heart with the long tines of a meatfork and carved off rich savory slabs of the rare beef.

Anagrams[edit]