: a 2-pronged metal implement that gives a fixed tone when struck and is useful for tuning musical instruments and ascertaining standard pitch
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As with the leadup, this was really a question for the tuning fork.—Jane Ciabattari
june 24, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025 Like tuning forks, human nervous systems can harmonize to the dominant frequency in a room.—Carrie Anne Yu, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025 Each and every one also referred back to vintage as a kind of tuning fork of ideas: John was enthralled with the couture techniques of Vionnet and Charles James, with Savile Row tailoring, with 18th-century decadence spliced with London street culture.—Amanda Harlech, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2025 The ray spiders flung their webs when the tuning fork was farther away than the mosquitos had been.—Ari Daniel, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for tuning fork
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