"meatfork" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: meatforks [plural]
Etymology: From meat + fork. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|meat|fork}} meat + fork Head templates: {{en-noun}} meatfork (plural meatforks)
  1. A large fork for turning meat or holding it in place for carving.
    Sense id: en-meatfork-en-noun-oxMpsHeK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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