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Primary term

eating fork

URI

https://nomenclature.info/nom/4889 (opens semantic view)

Definition

An often metal, ivory, bone or plastic utensil consisting of a row of two to four tines joined to a tang extending from a handle of various materials. Used to spear or scoop up a portion of solid food and convey it to the mouth.

Definition source(s)

• American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), and Canadian Heritage Information Network / Réseau canadien d’information sur le patrimoine. 2018. “Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage des objets de musée.” September 1, 2018. https://www.nomenclature.info/.

English

Term (International)

eating fork

Inverted term (International)

fork, eating

Alternative term(s)

place fork

French

Term (International)

fourchette à nourriture

Term gender (International)

feminine

Date created

2010-01-01

Date updated

2022-08-30

Parks Canada code(s)

• 04-00667

Bibliographic citation(s)

• Association française de normalisation. n.d. “fourchette.” Grand dictionnaire terminologique. Accessed August 13, 2019. http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=3284038.
• Barber, Katherine, ed. n.d. “Fork.” In The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press. Accessed August 13, 2019. https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195418163.001.0001/m_en_ca0026198.
• Bernard, Louise, Leslie-Ann Chang, and Parks Canada. 1997. Description and Visual Dictionary of Objects: Based on the Parks Canada Classification System for Historical Collection. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Heritage, Parks Canada.

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