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# pitchfork

noun (pitchfork, pitchforks)

«pitchfork» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A pitchfork is a farm tool with a long handle and two or three metal prongs, used for lifting hay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitchfork/#m1)
2. (informal) «Raining pitchforks» means raining very hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitchfork/#m2)

### In the lessons

a farm tool carried by villagers in tales; «raining pitchforks» is a storm image

### Examples

- The farmers came with rakes, brooms and pitchforks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitchfork/#x1)
- It was so dark he could see nothing, and it was raining pitchforks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitchfork/#x2)
- He lifted the hay with a pitchfork. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitchfork/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pitchfork» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pitchfork/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pitchfork» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pitchfork.html) on Mova free.