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• Pronged

  adjective 1. having prongs (often used in combination): a four-pronged fork. noun 1. one of the pointed tines of a fork. 2. any pointed, projecting part, as of an antler. 3. a branch of a stream. 4. Jewelry. a tapering metal projection, usually heavier than a claw, rising from the base of a jewelry setting […]

• Pronghorn

  noun, plural pronghorns (especially collectively) pronghorn. 1. a fleet, antelopelike ruminant, Antilocapra americana, of the plains of western North America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas. noun 1. a ruminant mammal, Antilocapra americana, inhabiting rocky deserts of North America and having small branched horns: family Antilocapridae Also called American antelope

• Prong key

  noun 1. a key or spanner with two prongs or projections which engage corresponding holes in the face of a nut or component to be turned for tightening, adjustment, etc

• Pronominal

  adjective 1. Grammar. pertaining to, resembling, derived from, or containing a pronoun: “My” in “my book” is a pronominal adjective. “There” is a pronominal adverb. 2. Heraldry. noting the coat of arms on a quartered escutcheon: customarily occupying the first quarter and being the original coat of arms of the paternal line. noun 3. Grammar. […]

• Pronominalization

  [proh-nom-uh-nl-ahyz] /proʊˈnɒm ə nlˌaɪz/ verb (used with object), pronominalized, pronominalizing. 1. to replace (a noun or noun phrase) with a pronoun. pronominalize /prəʊˈnɒmɪnəˌlaɪz/ verb 1. (transitive) to make (a word) into or treat as a pronoun

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