noun · rare

prong

prong · prongs

ікло

рожок, ветвь, зубец, отрог

Ende, Stift, Arm, Stab

A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar toolA thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.

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UK/pɹɒŋ/US/pɹɔŋ/

» Ziri's dog has a prong collar.

Meaning

4 senses

A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
a pitchfork with four prongs
a comb with prongs
Zinke, Zacke, Zacken
шпенёкšpenjók, зубе́цzubéc, отро́гotróg
(figuratively, sometimes)A branch; a fork.
the two prongs of a river
the second prong of the argument
Zweig, Arm
ветвьvetvʹ
(Cornwall)A fork (agricultural tool).
(colloquial)The penis.

More definitions

a pointed projection

Examples

22 sentences

Ziri's dog has a prong collar.
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Ziri's dog wears a prong collar.
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Why do people use prong collars?
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Ziri does not like prong collars.
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Are prong collars dangerous for dogs?
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

thin, pointed, projecting part:

branch:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

thin, pointed, projecting part:

branch:

Origin

From Middle English pronge, perhaps from Middle Low German prange (“stick, restraining dev

From Middle English pronge, perhaps from Middle Low German prange (“stick, restraining device”), from prangen (“to press, pinch”), from Old Saxon *prangan, from Proto-West Germanic *prangan, from Proto-Germanic *pranganą (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)preng- (“to wrap up, constrict”).

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