noun · rare

tong

tong · tongs

каминные щипцы

Tong, Greifzange

An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them…An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.

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UK/tɒŋ/US/tɔŋ/

» Do you have any ice tongs?

Haben Sie eine Eiszange?

Hast du eine Eiszange?

Habt ihr eine Eiszange?

Meaning

3 senses

(plural)An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
Greifzange
ками́нные щипцы́kamínnyje ščipcý
A Chinese lineage organization responsible for managing ancestral land.
A Chinese secret society or gang.
Tong

Examples

16 sentences

Do you have any ice tongs?
deHaben Sie eine Eiszange?
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Turn the bananas with the tongs.
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I burned my forefinger on fire tongs.
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Please take the bread with the tongs.
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We use tongs to pick up food.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

tool:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

tool:

secret society:

Origin

From Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old English tange, from Proto-West

From Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old English tange, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognate with Old Norse tǫng (modern Icelandic töng), Old High German zanga (modern German Zange). Other cognates include Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”) and Albanian dang (“bite, nip”).

From Cantonese 堂 (tong⁴).

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