Synonyms for prong

Grammar : Noun

Spell : prawng, prong

Phonetic Transcription : prɔŋ, prɒŋ

Définition of prong

Origin : early 15c., prange "pointed instrument;" mid-15c., pronge "pain," from Anglo-Latin pronga "prong, pointed tool," of unknown origin, perhaps related to Middle Low German prange "stick, restraining device," prangen "to press, pinch." See also prod, which might be related. Prong-horned antelope is from 1815 (short form pronghorn attested from 1826).

noun spike

Example sentences :

In other cases a hook or prong is bent to change the spring tension.
Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte

Old muskets fired by a fusee, with a prong to rest the barrel on.
Extract from : « An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet » by A. Henry Savage Landor

Then one man has a rake too heavy for him, and another a prong too light.
Extract from : « The Toilers of the Field » by Richard Jefferies

Had we turned up the other prong we would have frozen to death.
Extract from : « Life and Adventures of 'Billy' Dixon » by Billy Dixon

With one prong of a compass in the centre of Hudson Bay, describe a circle.
Extract from : « The Story of the Trapper » by A. C. Laut

"I'll take the one rubbing his side with his prong," put in Darry.
Extract from : « Boys of The Fort » by Ralph Bonehill

She went, therefore, in her present difficulty to Mr. Prong.
Extract from : « Rachel Ray » by Anthony Trollope

To this Mr. Prong agreed, and then Mrs. Prime got up and took her leave.
Extract from : « Rachel Ray » by Anthony Trollope

Hitherto she had entertained no objection to calling on Mr. Prong at his own house.
Extract from : « Rachel Ray » by Anthony Trollope

There was nothing in Mr. Prong to recommend him to Mrs. Ray.
Extract from : « Rachel Ray » by Anthony Trollope

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