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tuning fork

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Australia/tjʉːnɪŋ foːk/

tuning fork noun: a fork-shaped object which emits a tone of a specific frequency when struck, producing a reference note for tuning instruments.

tuning fork: a fork-shaped object which emits a tone of a specific frequency when struck, producing a reference...
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Noun

tuning fork (plural tuning forks)

  1. A fork-shaped object which emits a tone of a specific frequency when struck, producing a reference note for tuning instruments.

tuning fork meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Indonesian and Thai

tuning fork in Tamil

இசைக் கவை, இசைக்கவர், இசைக்கவை

tuning fork in Kannada

ಶ್ರುತಿಕವೆ, ದ್ವಿಶಿರ

tuning fork in Indonesian

fork-shaped object which emits a tone
garpu tala

tuning fork in Thai

fork-shaped object which emits a tone
ส้อมเสียง sɔ̂m-sǐiang
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tuning fork in Vietnamese
thanh mẫu, âm thoa

Forms of tuning fork

pluraltuning forks

Words formed from tuning fork

Questions about tuning fork

What does tuning fork mean?
Tuning fork means a fork-shaped object which emits a tone of a specific frequency when struck, producing a reference note for tuning instruments.
What is tuning fork in Tamil?
Tuning fork in Tamil is இசைக் கவை, இசைக்கவர், இசைக்கவை. See Tuning fork meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tuning fork?
Tuning fork is a noun.
How do you pronounce tuning fork?
Tuning fork is pronounced /tjʉːnɪŋ foːk/ (Australia).
What is the plural of tuning fork?
The plural of tuning fork is tuning forks.

Words near tuning fork in the dictionary

  1. tunier
  2. tuniest
  3. tuniness
  4. tuning
  5. tuning down
  6. tuning fork
  7. tuning forks
  8. tuning hammer
  9. tuning hammers
  10. tuning head
  11. tuning heads

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tuning fork (page history and authors); tuning fork (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tuning fork (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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