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knork
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knorknoun
A piece of cutlery, used as both a knife and a fork.
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knork
A variety of eating utensils have been used by people to aid eating when dining. Most societies traditionally use bowls or dishes to contain food to be eaten, but while some use their hands to deliver this food to their mouths, others have developed specific tools for the purpose. In Western cultures, cutlery items such as knives and forks are the traditional norm, while in much of the East, chopsticks are more common. Spoons are ubiquitous.
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Knork
A knork is a hybrid form of cutlery which combines the cutting capability of a knife and the spearing capability of a fork into a single utensil. The word knork is a portmanteau of knife and fork. Typically, one or both of the outer edges of a fork-like utensil are sharpened to allow the user to cut their food. An advantage of the knork is that it can be used easily by people who have use of only one hand; Roald Dahl reports in Boy how his father invented a knork precursor as a result of losing his arm. Indeed a knork may also be known as a Nelson fork, after Horatio Nelson who used this type of cutlery after losing his right arm in 1797. Several patents have been issued for designs of knorks, such as #RE9687 issued to Arthur W. Cox in 1881, #1294031 issued to Henry J. Bigelow in 1919, and #2185942 issued to Charles Frank in 1940. The side cutter fork is also similar. In a sense, a pastry fork is a precursor of the knork, since it is also a fork designed to be used as a knife for cutting food.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of knork in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of knork in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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