prong
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English pronge, perhaps from Middle Low German prange (“stick, restraining device”), from prangen (“to press, pinch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)preng (“to wrap up, constrict”), akin to Lithuanian springstù (“to choke, become choked or obstructed”), Latvian sprañgât (“cord, constrict”), Ancient Greek σπαργανόω (sparganóō, “to swaddle”), σπάργανον (spárganon, “swaddling cloth”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
prong (plural prongs)
- A thin, pointed, projecting part.
- a pitchfork with four prongs
- A branch; a fork.
- the two prongs of a river
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
thin, pointed, projecting part
branch
