fire tongs
fire tongs · fire tongses
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Tongs used for gripping and moving burning coals and logs in a fireTongs used for gripping and moving burning coals and logs in a fire. Part of a set of fire irons.
» I burned my forefinger on fire tongs.
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tongs used for gripping and moving burning coals and logs:
Examples
1 sentencesI burned my forefinger on fire tongs.
Meaning
1 senses(plural, plural only)Tongs used for gripping and moving burning coals and logs in a fire. Part of a set of fire irons.
Feuerzange
tongs for taking hold of burning coals
Origin
Inherited from Middle English fyretonges.Inherited from Middle English fyretonges.
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Forms
plural: fire tongses| Singular | fire tongs |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- tongs for taking hold of burning coals:coal tongs
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.