Shapes

Synonyms for fork

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineShapes

the region of the angle formed by the junction of two branches

A bird's nest rested in the fork of the old oak.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

crotch

Same sentence, swapped: A bird's nest rested in the crotch of the old oak.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for fork as it is used in the sentence above.

dash
peg
cup

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Closest first: other shapes words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

halonounringa toroidal shapeRidgeline knottedadjectivegnarlyused of old persons or old treesRidgeline emptinessnounvacuuman empty area or spaceRidgelineHas a reason line ellipsenounovala closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through itHigh Camp foldnounbendan angular or rounded shape made by foldingTreelineHas a reason line ineptadjectiveawkwardnot elegant or graceful in expressionRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line inexplicableadjectiveincomprehensibleincapable of being explained or accounted forRidgeline infectionnouncontagionthe communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of peopleRidgelineHas a reason line

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