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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.
[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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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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
töng
knaiblesstandziņas
klieštiky
tongs
[tɒŋz] NPL (for coal etc) → tenazas fpl; (= curling tongs) → tenacillas fpla pair of tongs → unas tenazas, unas tenacillas
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tongs
pl → Zange f; (= curling tongs, Hist) → Brennschere f; (electric) → Lockenstab m; a pair of tongs → eine Zange
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tongs
(toŋz) noun plural an instrument for holding and lifting objects. sugar-tongs; a pair of tongs.
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