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Plural of prong

regular plural

The plural of prong is prongs.

Forms of prong

Singularprong /pɹɒŋ/
Pluralprongs
Countablecountable

Prongs in a sentence

  • a pitchfork with four prongs
  • a comb with prongs
  • This fork's prongs are bent. It's useless now.From the entry useless
  • She called us by all our names, and when she grinned she revealed two minute gold prongs clipped to her eyeteeth.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC. From the entry eyetooth

Meaning of prong

  1. noun A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
  2. noun A branch; a fork.
  3. noun A fork (agricultural tool).

Full definition of prong

Questions about the plural of prong

What is the plural of prong?
The plural of prong is prongs.
Is prong countable?
Prong is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prong (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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