| a. | 1. | Having prongs or projections like the tines of a fork; |
| Adj. | 1. | pronged - having prongs or tines; usually used in combination; "a three-tined fork" Synonyms: tined |
| 2. | pronged - 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" |