tongs

tongs

left to right: kitchen and block-ice tongs

tongs

 (tôngz, tŏngz)

pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

A grasping device consisting of two arms that are joined, often at one end, as by a pivot or a scissorlike hinge.

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[Middle English tonges, pl. of tonge, from Old English tang, tong.]

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tongs

(tɒŋz)

pl n

(Tools) a tool for grasping or lifting, consisting of a hinged, sprung, or pivoted pair of arms or levers, joined at one end. Also called: pair of tongs

[plural of Old English tange; related to Old Saxon tanga, Old High German zanga, Old Norse tong]

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tongs

(tɔŋz, tɒŋz)

n. (usu. with a pl. v.)

any of various implements consisting of two movable arms fastened together, used for picking up an object (usu. used with pair of).

[before 900; see tong¹]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tongs - any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below pair of tongs device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" coal tongs, fire tongs - tongs for taking hold of burning coals ice tongs - tongs for lifting blocks of ice plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

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Translations

مِلْقَط، كُلابَه

kleště

tang

Zange

pince

töng

mollette per lo zuccheropinzapinze

knaiblesstandziņas

щипцы

klieštiky

maşa

夹子钳

tongs

[tɒŋz] NPL (for coal etc) → tenazas fpl; (= curling tongs) → tenacillas fpl
a pair of tongs → unas tenazas, unas tenacillas

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tongs

[ˈtɒŋz] npl

(= for food) → pinces fpl; (for coal) → pincettes fpl

(for hair) → fer m à friser

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tongs

pl → Zange f; (= curling tongs, Hist) → Brennschere f; (electric) → Lockenstab m; a pair of tongs → eine Zange

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tongs

[tɒŋz] npl (for coal) → molle fpl, tenaglie fpl; (for sugar, in laboratory) → pinza

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

tongs

(toŋz) noun plural

an instrument for holding and lifting objects. sugar-tongs; a pair of tongs. tang مِلْقَط، كُلابَه щипци pinça kleště die Zange tang; -tang τσιμπίδα, λαβίδαpinzas tangid انبر pihdit pinceמלקחיים चिमटा kliješta fogó penjepit töng molle, pinze はさみ道具 물건을 집는 도구, 집게 žnyplės knaibles; standziņas penyepit tangtangszczypce نوسى، انبور pinça cleşte щипцы kliešte, klieštiky klešče klešta tång คีม maşa 鉗，夾子 щипці, кліщі چمٹا، دست پناہ cái kẹp, cái cặp 钳，夹子

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