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The broad fork, a big garden fork with very heavy tines that sink into and lift soil, is another tool that's used to turn soil.
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Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 May 2025
The piece was created using a process called knapping in which a tool like an antler tine would be used to gradually remove small flakes from the larger flint piece until it was shaped, archaeologists said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
Use the tine side for raking debris into piles and for rough grading and then flip the rake over and use the bow side for smoothing.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2025
This moves the total of the lengths of both these tines to the difference column, dropping its typical Boone and Crockett Score to 180 points.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2025
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Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 May 2025
The piece was created using a process called knapping in which a tool like an antler tine would be used to gradually remove small flakes from the larger flint piece until it was shaped, archaeologists said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
Use the tine side for raking debris into piles and for rough grading and then flip the rake over and use the bow side for smoothing.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2025
This moves the total of the lengths of both these tines to the difference column, dropping its typical Boone and Crockett Score to 180 points.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tine
prong
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The appellate court now examined the next prong of a UPEPA analysis, being whether Valve's complaint had stated viable causes of action even in light of the constitutional protections.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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Another prong to this team is Tour de France debutant and former two-time world champion Anna van der Breggen.—
Jessica Hopkins,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
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“Tine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tine. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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