"carving fork" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: carving forks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} carving fork (plural carving forks)
  1. A fork with a long handle and two or three whetted flat tines, used in the process of serving meat, sausage, cheese or similar with care. Categories (topical): Cutlery Synonyms: meatfork Translations (fork with a long handle and whetted flat tines, used to collect pieces of meat, sausage, cheese or similar with care): 切肉餐叉 (qiēròu cānchā) (Chinese Mandarin), paistihaarukka (Finnish), fourchette à découper [feminine] (French), Vorlegegabel [feminine] (German), Aufschnittgabel [feminine] (German), Bratengabel [feminine] (German), Fleischgabel [feminine] (German), Tranchiergabel [feminine] (German), húsvilla (Hungarian), forchettone [masculine] (Italian), tranchergaffel [common-gender] (Swedish), förskärargaffel [common-gender] (Swedish)

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      "word": "fourchette à découper"
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      "word": "tranchergaffel"
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