crotched

Split into prongs

Crotched means having a crotch or fork—a point where something divides into two branches.

A crotched tree has a Y-shaped junction where the trunk splits.

The word appears most often in descriptions of tree limbs or wooden implements: a crotched stick used as a support.

Less common than forked.

Y-shaped

bifurcated

Divided into two branches

catapult · lyre · antlers · trousers · goalposts · pitchfork · tongs · pliers · scissors · trident

branching

limb

Jointed bodily projection

  • boughMain tree limb
  • twigSlender woody shoot
  • nodeConnection point in networks

junction · bifurcation · arboreal · canopy · divided · ramified · splitting · divergent · arboriculture · pruning

Opposites
branching structure

crotchedstraight

Not curved or crooked

unbranched · undivided · unforked · single · linear

Phrases
Family

crotch, crotchety, crotchet, crotches

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G