fork

fɔːk
fork: utensil with prongs for eating or serving food
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Translation of fork from English into Dutch,

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Noun

1.

kitchen

utensil with prongs for eating or serving food
  • She used a fork to eat her salad.Ze gebruikte een vork om haar salade te eten.
2.

road split

point where a road or path splits into two
aftakking fwegsplitsing
  • Take the left fork at the intersection.Neem de linker aftakking bij de kruising.
3.

farming tool

agricultural tool with prongs for digging or lifting
riek hooivork fspitvork
  • He grabbed the fork to turn the soil.Hij pakte de riek om de grond om te spitten.

Verb

1.

branching

intr.
divide into two or more branches
intr.
  • The river forks into two smaller streams.De rivier splitst zich in twee kleinere stromen.
2.

travel

intr.
take a branch at a fork in a road
intr.
afslaan de linker tak nemen
  • We forked left at the intersection.We sloegen bij de kruising links af.
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Expressions with fork: examples in English and translations in Dutch

betalen
dokken
I had to fork out $50 for the ticket.
ophoesten
dokken
She had to fork over $100 for the ticket.
betalen
neertellen
He had to fork up a hefty fine for speeding.
aftakken
vertakken
The trail forks off into two smaller paths.
splitsing
tweesprong
We stopped at the fork in the road to decide our route.
dig one's grave with a forkv.
If Mark keeps overeating junk food, he will dig his grave with a fork.

Images of fork

  • fork: utensil with prongs for eating or serving food
    (kitchen) vork
  • fork: agricultural tool with prongs for digging or lifting
    (farming tool) riek
  • fork: pronged part of a machine or device
    (machinery) vork

Synonyms and analogies of fork in English

Examples of fork in a sentence

  • The fork was placed neatly beside the plate.
  • At the fork, the trail splits into two paths.
  • The road forked near the old oak tree.
  • The farmer used a fork to lift the hay.
  • A rusty fork was found in the old barn.
  • We turned east at the fork in the river.

Translations of "fork" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Noun
vorknf.

The restaurant provided a knife and fork with every meal served.

Het restaurant legde bij iedere maaltijd een mes en vork neer.

voorvorknf.

The racing bike's carbon fibre fork absorbs shocks efficiently during rough rides.

De carbonvezel voorvork van de racefiets dempt schokken doeltreffend op hobbelige wegen.

forknf.

You are not in any way whatsoever entitled to fork coins.

U kunt op geen enkele wijze aanspraak maken op de fork coins.

splitsingnf.

At the fork, the road began to diverge into two distinct ways.

Bij de splitsing waaierde de weg uit in twee duidelijke richtingen.

heftrucknm.

After washing, the clean containers can be removed from the outfeed side by a fork lift truck.

Na het wasproces kunnen de schone containers wederom door een heftruck worden afgenomen.

Verb
splitsenv.

Jer, isn't the river supposed to fork?

Jer, hoort de rivier zich niet te splitsen?

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fork: Examples and translations in context

The waiter placed a shiny knife and fork beside my plate.

De ober legde een glimmend mes en vork naast mijn bord.

He struggled to eat the steak without a proper knife and fork.

Hij kreeg de biefstuk amper op zonder een goed mes en vork.

Boil up the fish until it flakes easily with a fork.

Kook de vis tot hij makkelijk uit elkaar valt met een vork.

She always brings a knife and fork to picnics for convenience.

Ze neemt voor het gemak altijd mes en vork mee naar picknicks.

He polished his knife and fork before the guests arrived.

Hij poetste zijn mes en vork op voordat de gasten arriveerden.

She carefully balanced the knife and fork while cutting the salad.

Ze hield mes en vork zorgvuldig in evenwicht terwijl ze de salade sneed.

At the buffet, take a knife and fork from the cutlery tray.

Neem bij het buffet een mes en vork uit de bestekbak.

The limp noodles slid off the fork easily and lacked firmness.

De slappe noedels gleden zo van de vork af en misten elke stevigheid.

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