Associations to the word «Pitchfork»

Pictures for the word «Pitchfork»

Wiktionary

PITCHFORK, noun. An agricultural tool comprising a fork attached to a long handle used for pitching hay or bales of hay high up onto a haystack.
PITCHFORK, verb. (transitive) To toss or carry with a pitchfork.

Dictionary definition

PITCHFORK, noun. A long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay.
PITCHFORK, verb. Lift with a pitchfork; "pitchfork hay".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats