Associations to the word «Pronged»

Wiktionary

PRONGED, adjective. (chiefly in combination) Having (a specified number or type of) prongs

Dictionary definition

PRONGED, adjective. Having prongs or tines; usually used in combination; "a three-tined fork".
PRONGED, adjective. Resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats