road fork
Where routes diverge
A road fork is where a road splits into two branches, requiring travelers to choose a direction.
The term emphasizes the physical division rather than the intersection: We came to a road fork and went left.
Figuratively, any decision point between diverging options: a road fork in her career.
- crossroadsMeeting of routes
- divergeSeparate into directions
- splitSeparation into parts
- branchDivision or woody limb
- pathRoute for traveling
choice · decision · turning point · intersection · turning · route · sign · direction · prong · tine · divide · merge · highway · detour · left · right · traveler · dilemma
- divergencebranching, deviation, departure, bifurcation, splitting
path geometry
road forkstraightaway
Without pause or hesitation
linear path · straight line · confluence · convergence · single lane
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