Meanings
plural digging forks
- A hand tool used in farming and gardening, with several short, sturdy tines and a straight handle either waist-high or chest-high; it is used for digging and aerating soil.
Near-synonyms: dungfork, pitchfork (both differentiated in precise usage), graip (Scots and Scottish English)
Synonyms: spading fork, garden fork, dungfork, pitchfork[Appendix:Glossary, graip
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA hand tool used in farming and gardening, with several short, sturdy tines and a straight handle either waist-high or chest-high; it is used for digging and aerating soil.
Translations
Bulgarian ви́ла за копа́ене, ви́лица за копа́ене
- ви́ла за копа́ене (víla za kopáene)farming tool
- ви́лица за копа́ене (vílica za kopáene)farming tool
Finnish talikko
- talikkofarming tool
French fourche bêche
- fourche bêchefarming tool
German Grabgabel, Grabeforke
- Grabgabelfarming tool
- Grabeforkefarming tool
Romanian furcă de săpat, furcă săpătoare
- furcă de săpatfarming tool
- furcă săpătoarefarming tool
Russian ви́лы
- ви́лы (víly)farming tool
Cite this entry
digging fork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digging%20fork
“digging fork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digging%20fork. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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