cocktail fork
Syllables: cock·tail fork/ˈkɒkteɪl ˌfɔːk/US/ˌkɑkˌteɪl ˈfɔɹk/
cocktail fork noun: a small fork usually with two or three tines, used for eating dishes served as appetizers (such as fruit cocktails and shrimp cocktails), and for picking up olives and other small snacks.
Noun
cocktail fork (plural cocktail forks)
- A small fork usually with two or three tines, used for eating dishes served as appetizers (such as fruit cocktails and shrimp cocktails), and for picking up olives and other small snacks.
- Oyster and cocktail forks are placed at the extreme right of the cover beyond the teaspoons, or they may be laid across the right side of the service plate underlining the cocktail glass or the oyster service.1942, Ruth M. Lusby, “Unit 1. Preparing and Closing the Serving Station.”, in Training Restaurant Sales Personnel: A Teacher’s Manual for Use in the Vocational Training of Restaurant Sales Personnel...
- No fairy tale this. Just the story of Soviet slave labor in icy camps, dumping millions of pounds of fish for your dainty cocktail forks each month—and so beginning to kill off a multi-million dollar American fishing industry, canneries, boatbuilding and gear production.1950 April 19, Russell V[ernon] Mack, “Russian Crab Imports: Extension of Remarks of Hon. Russell V. Mack of Washington”, in Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 81st Congress, Second...
Examples of cocktail fork in a sentence
- [page 944, column 1] Cocktail fork—used for sea foods.1986, “Your Meats”, in Ruth Berolzheimer, editor, Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedic Cookbook (A Perigee Book), New York, N.Y.: Berkley...
- Mock Meatballs […] Serve in a shallow serving dish with cocktail forks or toothpicks.1991 December, Denis Jaricot, “The Art of the Hors d’Oeuvre”, in Paul Obis Jr., editor, Vegetarian Times, number 172, Oak Park, Ill....
- [H]ow could you talk a raving lunatic out of drinking his own urine or stabbing his invalid grandmother a hundred times with a cocktail fork?1998 February 1, T[homas] C[oraghessan] Boyle, “One Slit’s Enough”, in Riven Rock, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, page 234:
- Remove meat with a small cocktail fork or nutpick.2005, “Fish & Shellfish”, in Lori Fox, Cheri Olerud, Kristi Hart, editors, Betty Crocker Cookbook: Everything You Need to Know to Cook...
Forms of cocktail fork
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Origin of cocktail fork
From cocktail + fork; cocktail may refer either to: * a dish consisting of small pieces of fruit, vegetables, or seafood with a dressing, usually served chilled in a glass as an appetizer; or * a mixed alcohol beverage such as a martini, which is often garnished with an olive.
Words that rhyme with cocktail fork
Questions about cocktail fork
- What does cocktail fork mean?
- Cocktail fork means a small fork usually with two or three tines, used for eating dishes served as appetizers (such as fruit cocktails and shrimp cocktails), and for picking up olives and other small snacks.
- How do you use cocktail fork in a sentence?
- [page 944, column 1] Cocktail fork—used for sea foods.
- What part of speech is cocktail fork?
- Cocktail fork is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cocktail fork?
- Cocktail fork is pronounced /ˈkɒkteɪl ˌfɔːk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cocktail fork?
- The plural of cocktail fork is cocktail forks.
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