prong
[noun]
Synonyms: point, spike, tine

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

prong /prɒŋ $ prɒːŋ/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: pronga]

1. a thin sharp point of something such as a fork that has several points:
sticking out like the prongs of a garden fork

2. one of two or three ways of achieving something which are used at the same time
prong of
the second prong of the attack
—pronged adjective:
a two-pronged fork

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲