PITCHFORK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pitchfork mean? 

• PITCHFORK (noun)
  The noun PITCHFORK has 1 sense:

1. a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay

  Familiarity information: PITCHFORK used as a noun is very rare.

• PITCHFORK (verb)
  The verb PITCHFORK has 1 sense:

1. lift with a pitchfork

  Familiarity information: PITCHFORK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PITCHFORK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pitchfork" is a kind of...):

hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)

Meronyms (parts of "pitchfork"):

tine (prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler)

Derivation:

pitchfork (lift with a pitchfork)

• PITCHFORK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they pitchfork    ... he / she / it pitchforks   
Past simple: pitchforked   
Past participle: pitchforked   
-ing form: pitchforking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lift with a pitchfork

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

fork; pitchfork

Context example:

pitchfork hay

Hypernyms (to "pitchfork" is one way to...):

lift (take hold of something and move it to a different location)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

pitchfork (a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay)