Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a pointed projection;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Prong \Prong\, n. [Cf. D. prangen to pinch, press, LG. prange a
stick, or W. procio to thrust, E. prowl, pang.]
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1. A sharp-pointed instrument.
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Prick it on a prong of iron. --Sandys.
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2. The tine of a fork, or of a similar instrument; as, a fork
of two or three prongs.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) A sharp projection, as of an antler.
(b) The fang of a tooth.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
prong
n 1: a pointed projection
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "prong":
V, affluent, bayou, billabong, branch, confluent, confluent stream,
crotch, crutch, delta, dendritic drainage pattern, effluent, fan,
feeder, fork, furcula, furculum, groin, inguen, offshoot,
ramification, stem, tributary, trident, wishbone