winnowing fork

English

Alternative forms

Noun

winnowing fork (plural winnowing forks)

  1. A pitchfork used to winnow rice or grain from the chaff.

Translations
fork used to winnow — See also translations at winnowing shovel

Coordinate terms
  • winnowing shovel (used the same, perhaps using first the fork and in the second run the shovel)

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