prong /prɒŋ $ prɒːŋ/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: pronga ]
1 . a thin sharp point of something such as a fork that has several points:
sticking out like the prongs of a garden fork
2 . one of two or three ways of achieving something which are used at the same time
prong of
the second prong of the attack
—pronged adjective :
a two-pronged fork