fork
Fork stands for:
- Part of the cutlery, see cutlery # fork
- Fork (chess) , motif
- Gabel (heraldry) , heraldic figure
- Fork (tool) , agricultural implement
- Hybrid , as a short form
- Bicycle fork , bracket for holding the front wheel
- Forklift prongs, namesake for the forklift
- Part of older telephone sets, see hook switch
- Part of the fork stock on early rifles, see Musket # How it works
- Karl Gabel , cartoon character
- Branch fork on a tree
Gabel is the name of the following places:
- Gabel (Gaimersheim) , part of the municipality of Gaimersheim , Eichstätt district, Bavaria
- Gabel (municipality of St. Anton) , locality of the municipality of St. Anton an der Jeßnitz , Scheibbs district, Lower Austria
- Gabel (Hadersleben district) , former municipality in Hadersleben district
- Gabel (Schönbrunn) , former place in the area of the municipality Schleusegrund in Thuringia
- Jablonné v Podještědí , German fork , city in the Czech Republic
- Jablonné nad Orlicí , German fork on the eagle , city in the Czech Republic
Gabel is the family name of the following people:
- August Gabel (* 1908), German politician (CDU)
- Christian Carl Gabel (1679–1748), Danish Vice Admiral, Minister of War (Danish Overkrigssekretær), privy councilor and canon
- Christoffer von Gabel (1617–1673), Holstein trader
- Elyes Gabel (born 1983), British actor
- Frederik von Gabel (≈1640–1708), Danish statesman and businessman
- Heinrich Gabel (1873–1910), Zionist in Galicia
- Hendrik Gabel (* 1973), German boxer
- Jack Gabel (born 1949), American composer
- Martin Gabel (1912–1986), American actor, director and film producer
- Michael Gabel (* 1953), German theologian and university professor
- Oskar Gabel (* 1901), German civil servant and economic functionary
- Paul Emil Gabel (1875–1938), German painter
- Robert Gabel (* 1979), German political scientist and politician (animal protection party)
- Rudolf Gabel (1907–1991), German architect
- Scilla Gabel (born 1938), Italian actress
- Seth Gabel (born 1981), American actor
- Wolfgang Gabel (1942–2015), German author and journalist
See also:
- Tuning fork (various uses)
- Fork (disambiguation)
- Gabelle (originally French taxes)
- Gable (disambiguation)
- Gabl (disambiguation)
- Infeed fork at the sliding gate
Wiktionary: Gabel - Explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
