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tine

[tahyn] / taɪn /
NOUN
point of fork
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Another tine on the French fork is the urban agriculture project to educate Parisian schoolchildren and their families about food — where it comes from and what it takes to bring it to their plates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024

Differences in the concentrations of an odorant sensed by each tine of a snake’s forked tongue help the snake home in on quarry it can’t see.

From Science Magazine ● May 24, 2023

Ersson, a 23-year-old Swede, allowed five goals on 22 shots before Hart, who leads tine NHL in shots faced this season, replaced him.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 23, 2022

When bubbles puffed up to the surface and the edges turned golden, I flipped them with the tine of a fork.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2021

Each tine struck a different Sixer avatar in the chest while somehow arcing harmlessly around everyone else.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Vernice eventually realizes that she and her friend have taken “different tines at the fork in the road.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

The stag's antlers, now fully hardened and velvet‑free, regrow each spring, becoming more impressive with each year as new points called tines develop.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025

Pulvar’s projects are like the tines of a fork, several in number but working toward the same aims of nutrition and environmental responsibility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024

“This sounds trite at this point, but in true Italian-American style, some of my earliest memories are helping my nonna roll gnocchi down the tines of a fork,” she said.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2024

The pitchfork tines straightened, and all the instruments returned to their original places.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack


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