prong
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English pronge, perhaps from Middle Low German prange 'stick, restraining device', from prangen 'to press, pinch', from Indo-European *(s)preng 'to wrap up, constrict', akin to Lithuanian springstù 'to choke, become choked or obstructed', Latvian sprañgât 'cord, constrict', Greek spárgein 'to swathe in swaddling clothes', spárgana 'swaddling clothes'.
[edit] Noun
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prong (plural prongs)
- A thin, pointed, projecting part - as in, a pitchfork with four prongs.
- A branch; a fork - as in, the two prongs of a river.
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[edit] Translations
thin, pointed, projecting part