noun
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noun
a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay
The farmer lifted the hay with a pitchfork.
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pitchforkfulpitchforklike
Etymology
From Middle English pichfork, pycchefork, pychforke, pikeforke, pikkforke, pic-forcke, equivalent to pitch + fork.