A tuning fork is a two-pronged steel fork that sounds one exact pitch. Strike a tuning fork.
It gives a nearly pure tone with almost nothing above it, which is why it is useful. A tuning fork pressed against a table gets much louder, because the wood moves the air for it.
1nountuning forkA two-pronged steel fork that sounds one exact pitch.
“He carried a tuning fork in his coat for forty years.”
tuning fork is a tool.
Practised in Music & Instruments