Fourchette
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /fɔːˈʃɛt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fourchette is a noun meaning A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of a glove.
Meaning
A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of a glove.
More Meanings
- (surgery) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frenulum.
- The wishbone or furculum of birds
- The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
- (card games) The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.
- (anatomy) A fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where the labia minora meet above the perineum (the frenulum labiorum pudendi).
Word Forms
- fourchettes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fork, frenulum, frenum, forcque, fossula, fraenum.
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