fork

an implement with two or more prongs used for lifting food to the mouth or holding it when cutting.

All these invite the sidelong glances of those who pretend not to be looking, as when in a restaurant, she struggles to keep the food on the fork long enough to deposit it in the mouth.

a device, component, or part with two or more prongs, in particular.

A new, carbon fiber wrapped fork highlighted the component spec, as did a new headset.

the point where something, especially a road or river, divides into two parts.

It was as if she stood at a junction, or a fork in the road, and there wasn’t any correct way to go.

a simultaneous attack on two or more pieces by one piece.

A fork occurs when one piece attacks two or more enemy units at the same time.