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hayfork

hayfork noun: a tool used for moving hay; a pitchfork.

Noun

hayfork (plural hayforks)

  1. A tool used for moving hay; a pitchfork.
    • Creaking leather and the snorting of mules, snatches of off-key ballads, the clop of hooves and the patter of bare soles, the rattle of hayforks and lances.2007 March 18, Michael Chabon, “‘Gentlemen of the Road’”, in New York Times

Proper noun capitalized: Hayfork

Hayfork

  1. A census-designated place in Trinity County, California, United States.

Forms of hayfork

pluralhayforks

Origin of hayfork

From hay + fork.

Questions about hayfork

What does hayfork mean?
Hayfork means a tool used for moving hay; a pitchfork.
What part of speech is hayfork?
Hayfork can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of hayfork?
The plural of hayfork is hayforks.

Words near hayfork in the dictionary

  1. Hayflick limits
  2. Hayford
  3. Hayford ellipsoid
  4. Hayford ellipsoids
  5. Hayfords
  6. hayfork
  7. hayforks
  8. Haygood
  9. Haygreen
  10. haygrower
  11. haygrowers

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