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How to pronounce prong in English?

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Type Words
Type of projection
Has types tine
Derivation prongy

Examples of prong

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There's even a 115-volt, three-prong electrical outlet on the instrument panel.
From the orlandosentinel.com
One prong of Apple's strategy against the competition has been patent litigation.
From the forbes.com
The second prong of a crisis-resolution strategy must aim to boost banks'capital.
From the economist.com
According to Variety, The Hub is the latest prong in Hasbro's Hollywood strategy.
From the denverpost.com
Do you have an old two-prong outlet in your home near a sink, maybe in a bathroom?
From the dallasnews.com
Van Nuys Airport is taking a two-prong approach to its own noise restrictions.
From the dailynews.com
The first prong is that there must be a legitimate, secular purpose to the action.
From the scienceblogs.com
The third prong in stabilizing air travel is being done by the airlines themselves.
From the forbes.com
The other prong of the new legislation has the greater potential to go wrong.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • A pointed projection
  • (pronged) having prongs or tines; usually used in combination; "a three-tined fork"
  • (pronged) bifurcate: resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots"
  • Prong is an American heavy metal band formed in 1986. Prong had two independent releases, Primitive Origins and Force Fed. The albums attracted the attention of Epic Records, who signed the trio in 1989. The group disbanded in 1997 after the Rude Awakening tour, but re-formed in 2002. ...
  • (pronged) Having (a specified number or type of) prongs
  • (pronged) Stones set with individual prongs holding them in place.
  • (Prongs) the nickname of James Potter as a student at Hogwarts
  • (Prongs) Refers to the thumbs as used in a technique.
  • One of several claw-like wires used to hold a gem or stone in place.