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Forking

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Angularity 76% connected

The quality or state of being angular; angularness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Division 76% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 3

Bifurcation 76% connected

A forking, or division into two branches.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Divarication 76% connected

A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fibrillation 76% connected

The state of being reduced to fibers.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Branch 74% connected

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Branch 74% connected

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fork 74% connected

An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curve…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Fork 74% connected

An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curve…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Furcate 74% connected

Alt. of Furcated

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Furcate 74% connected

Alt. of Furcated

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Component part 3

Branch 70% connected

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Leg 70% connected

A limb or member of an animal used for supporting the body, and in running, climbing, and swimming; esp., that part of the limb between the knee and…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ramification 70% connected

The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Branching 92% connected

of Branch

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Fork 92% connected

An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curve…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Furcation 92% connected

A branching like a. fork.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Ramification 92% connected

The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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