winnowing fork

English

Alternative forms

• winnowing-fork

Noun

winnowing fork (plural winnowing forks)

1. A pitchfork used to winnow rice or grain from the chaff.

Coordinate terms

• winnowing shovel (used the same, perhaps using first the fork and in the second run the shovel)

Translations

fork used to winnow — see also winnowing shovel

• Arabic: مِذْرًى m (miḏran), مِذْرَاة f (miḏrāh)
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• Finnish: haarukkamainen viskin, haarukkamainen viskain
• French: fourche à vanner f
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• German: Worfgabel f, Worfelgabel f
• Greek:

  Ancient: θρῖναξ f (thrînax)

• Hebrew: מִזְרֶה (he) m (mizre)
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• Kurdish:
• Latin: ventilābrum n
• Ottoman Turkish: یابا (yaba)
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• Swedish: kastskovel c
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• Turkish: yaba (tr)
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See also

• winnowing basket
• winnowing fan
• winnowing machine
• winnower

Further reading

• winnowing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:winnowing on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons