Synonyms for pronged

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : prawngd, prongd

Phonetic Transcription : prɔŋd, prɒŋd

Top 10 synonyms for pronged

Other synonyms for the word pronged

Définition of pronged

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).

As in pointed : adj having a sharp end or part
As in sharp : adj knifelike, cutting
As in knifelike : adj sharp
As in lancinating : adj sharp
As in mucronate : adj pointed
As in pointy : adj pointed
As in stabbing : adj sharp
As in forked : adj going separate ways
As in stab : verb puncture, pierce with sharp, pointed object

Example sentences :

But it dodges out again like a wire worm through a three pronged fork.
Extract from : « Last Words » by Juliana Horatia Ewing

Even in the wild fly there is a three pronged mark on the thorax present in many individuals.
Extract from : « A Critique of the Theory of Evolution » by Thomas Hunt Morgan

A couple of pronged sticks are driven into the ground to serve as props for a horizontal bar.
Extract from : « Rubber » by Edith A. Browne

They run ort as tho Satun hisself was arter them with a red hot ten pronged pitchfork.
Extract from : « The Complete Works of Artemus Ward » by Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)

Not a word was said; but as they advanced the troops opened fire with their jingalls and darted their pronged spears at them.
Extract from : « The Three Midshipmen » by W.H.G. Kingston

These rods were pronged branches, sometimes of willow, but preferably of witch-hazel or wild cherry.
Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl

The man in the punt was busy catching eels with a pronged pole, tipped with iron.
Extract from : « The Serf » by Guy Thorne

Its jaws, pronged like antlers, projected two yards before its huge, faceted eyes.
Extract from : « Planet of Dread » by Murray Leinster

The pronged salmon spear is driven into the fleshy shoulders of the fish, when it is hauled out on to the bank.
Extract from : « The Confessions of a Poacher » by Anonymous

With a pronged implement that they had given him, he set to work to mash the food into as soft a mass as possible.
Extract from : « The Martian » by Allen Glasser

Antonyms for pronged

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