<P> In cutlery or kitchenware , a fork ( from the Latin furca ( `` pitchfork '' ) ) is a utensil , now usually made of metal , whose long handle terminates in a head that branches into several narrow and often slightly curved tines with which one can spear foods either to hold them to cut with a knife or to lift them to the mouth . </P>
<P> In cutlery or kitchenware , a fork ( from the Latin furca ( `` pitchfork '' ) ) is a utensil , now usually made of metal , whose long handle terminates in a head that branches into several narrow and often slightly curved tines with which one can spear foods either to hold them to cut with a knife or to lift them to the mouth . </P>
one of the pointed divisions of a fork
one of the pointed divisions of a fork
tines
tines