tongs
An instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands…An instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle, and sometimes including a spring to open the grips.
Meaning
2 senses(plural, plural only)An instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle, and sometimes including a spring to open the grips.
Greifer, Zange, Greifzange
схва́тыsxváty, щипцы́ščipcý
(broadly, plural, plural only)A large scissors-like two-piece center-hinged forged-iron implement with oval-loop handles and with pointed tips turned inward (in the same plane as and perpendicular to the handles) to facilitate lifting and carrying a block of ice. Often called ice tongs.
- any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English tonges, equivalent to tong (“tool for manipulating things in a fire”)From Middle English tonges, equivalent to tong (“tool for manipulating things in a fire”) + -s.
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Forms
plural: tongsesSynonyms
1 synonyms- any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below:pair of tongs