Pitchfork vs. Trident

Pitchforknoun

An agricultural tool comprising a fork attached to a long handle used for pitching hay or bales of hay high up onto a haystack.

Pitchforknoun

(rare) A tuning fork.

Pitchforkverb

(transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.

Pitchforknoun

A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like.

Pitchforkverb

To pitch or throw with, or as with, a pitchfork.

Pitchforknoun

a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay

Pitchforkverb

lift with a pitchfork;

Pitchforknoun

a farm tool with a long handle and two sharp metal prongs, used for lifting hay.

Pitchforkverb

lift with a pitchfork

Pitchforkverb

thrust (someone) suddenly into an unexpected and difficult situation

Pitchfork

A pitchfork is an agricultural tool with a long handle and two to five tines used to lift and pitch or throw loose material, such as hay, straw, manure, or leaves. The term is also applied colloquially, but inaccurately, to the garden fork.

Tridentnoun

A three-pronged spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork.

Tridentnoun

(geometry) A curve of third order of the form:

Tridentnoun

A kind of scepter or spear with three prongs, - the common attribute of Neptune.

Tridentnoun

A three-pronged spear or goad, used for urging horses; also, the weapon used by one class of gladiators.

Tridentnoun

A three-pronged fish spear.

Tridentnoun

A curve of third order, having three infinite branches in one direction and a fourth infinite branch in the opposite direction.

Tridentadjective

Having three teeth or prongs; tridentate.

Tridentnoun

a spear with three prongs

Tridentnoun

a three-pronged spear, especially as an attribute of Poseidon (Neptune) or Britannia.

Tridentnoun

a US design of submarine-launched long-range ballistic missile.

Trident

A trident is a three-pronged spear. It is used for spear fishing and historically as a polearm.