pitchfork

[US]/'pɪtʃfɔːk/
[UK]/'pɪtʃ'fɔrk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a long-handled hand tool with sharp metal prongs, used for lifting and pitching hay, straw, or garbage

Example Sentences

to lift with a pitchfork

pitchfork sb. into a job

a pitchfork with four prongs.

The farmer used a pitchfork to move the hay.

She grabbed a pitchfork to clean out the stables.

The angry mob carried torches and pitchforks.

He was stabbed with a pitchfork during the fight.

The pitchfork is a common tool in farming.

She used a pitchfork to turn over the compost pile.

The scarecrow held a pitchfork in its hand.

The pitchfork is made of metal and wood.

He needed a pitchfork to aerate the soil in the garden.

The pitchfork has sharp tines for lifting and tossing materials.

Real-world Examples

Tarber plucked a pitchfork out of a bale of hay. " I am."

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings (Bilingual Edition)

Lurvy picked up a pitchfork and walked away to get some clean straw.

Source: Charlotte's Web

But you should know the boosters got pitchforks out.

Source: Young Sheldon Season 5

I was on the wrong side of the pitchfork on this one.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 2 (Bilingual)

Marge, those people chased us with pitchforks and torches. Torches! At 4 in the afternoon!

Source: The Simpsons Movie

One woman said that getting to know him was “like running against a pitchfork.”

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

We gathered our pitchforks, hoes, and rakes and went to the hill where we had cleared ground all spring.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 1

Just a second, just a second... put down the three-tined pitchfork.

Source: Pop culture

When the people held their pitchforks, they used them to farm, never to fight.

Source: Simple English short story

A pitted pitcher threw a pitchfork at the pirate ship.

Source: Pan Pan

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