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TUNING FORK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tuning fork mean? 

TUNING FORK (noun)
  The noun TUNING FORK has 1 sense:

1. a metal implement with two prongs that gives a fixed tone when struck; used to tune musical instrumentsplay

  Familiarity information: TUNING FORK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TUNING FORK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A metal implement with two prongs that gives a fixed tone when struck; used to tune musical instruments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tuning fork" is a kind of...):

implement (instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end)


 Context examples 


They could not feel vibrations from a buzzing tuning fork as well as the control subjects could.

(“Sixth sense” may be more than just a feeling, NIH)

So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning fork that had been struck upon a star.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)



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