"tongs" meaning in English

See tongs in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tɒŋz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /tɔŋz/ [General-American], /tɑŋz/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-tongs.ogg
Rhymes: -ɒŋz, -ɔːŋz Etymology: tong ("tool for manipulating things in a fire") + -s Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} tongs pl (plural only)
  1. 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. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Tools Translations (instrument): darë [feminine] (Albanian), λαβίς (labís) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), كَلْبَتَان (kalbatān) (Arabic), աքցան (akʻcʻan) (Armenian), cleashti [feminine] (Aromanian), kəlbətin (Azerbaijani), ҡыпһыуыр (qıphıwır) (Bashkir), ҡыпсыуыр (qıpsıwır) [Eastern] (Bashkir), щипци (štipci) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), καϊζάρ (kaïzár) (english: blacksmith’s) (Cappadocian Greek), (khîⁿ) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 鉗子 /钳子 (qiánzi) (Chinese Mandarin), kleště [feminine, plural] (Czech), tang [common-gender] (Danish), پلاس (palâs) (Dari), tang (Dutch), pihdit [plural] (Finnish), pinces [masculine, plural] (French), მარწუხი (marc̣uxi) (Georgian), მაშები (mašebi) (Georgian), Greifer [masculine] (German), Zange [feminine] (German), Greifzange [feminine] (German), Grillzange (english: kitchen uses) [feminine] (German), Küchenzange [feminine] (German), Nudelzange [feminine] (German), Salatzange [feminine] (German), Servierzange [feminine] (German), Zuckerzange [feminine] (German), λαβίδες (lavídes) (Greek), מלקחת (melkakhat) [feminine] (Hebrew), चिमटा (cimṭā) [masculine] (Hindi), töng [feminine] (Icelandic), tenalia (Interlingua), کلبتین (kalbateyn) (Iranian Persian), tlú (Irish), tenaglie [feminine, plural] (Italian), pinzetta [feminine] (Italian), -挟み (-basami) (Japanese), -箸 (-bashi) (Japanese), e.g. (Japanese), パンばさみ (panbasami) (Japanese), 火箸 (hibashi) (alt: ひばし) (Japanese), トング (tongu) (Japanese), қысқаш (qysqaş) (Kazakh), ambur (Khalaj), 집게 (jipge) (Korean), маша (maşa) (Kumyk), forceps [feminine] (Latin), žnyplės [feminine, plural] (Lithuanian), klěšće [plural] (Lower Sorbian), Zaang [feminine] (Luxembourgish), клешти (klešti) [feminine] (Macedonian), pīnohi (Maori), kêlbetan (Northern Kurdish), قیصاج (kısac) (Ottoman Turkish), ماشه (maşa) (Ottoman Turkish), szczypce [plural] (Polish), tenaz [feminine] (Portuguese), pinça [feminine] (Portuguese), pegador [masculine] (Portuguese), clește [feminine] (Romanian), схва́ты (sxváty) [masculine, plural] (Russian), щипцы́ (ščipcý) [masculine, plural] (Russian), кыскаш (kïskaš) (Southern Altai), pinzas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), tenaza [feminine] (Spanish), koleo (Swahili), makoleo (Swahili), tång [common-gender] (Swedish), griptång [common-gender] (Swedish), pattakara (Telugu), คีม (kiim) (Thai), แหนบ (nɛ̀ɛp) (Thai), maşa (Turkish), kıskaç (Turkish), kısaç (Turkish), cái gắp đá (Vietnamese), zäp (Volapük), filazäp (Volapük)
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  2. (by extension) 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. Tags: broadly, plural, plural-only
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Derived forms: curling tongs, fire tongs, grappling tongs, hammer and tongs, ice tongs, lazy tongs, pipe tongs, port tongs, spaghetti tongs Related terms: forceps, pair of tongs, pincers, pliers, scissors, shears, tong, tweezers
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tɒŋz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /tɔŋz/ [General-American], /tɑŋz/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-tongs.ogg
Rhymes: -ɒŋz, -ɔːŋz Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} tongs
  1. plural of tong (“instrument”) Tags: form-of, plural Form of: tong (extra: instrument)
    Sense id: en-tongs-en-noun-fin7RkrD
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Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /tɒŋz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /tɔŋz/ [General-American], /tɑŋz/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-tongs.ogg
Rhymes: -ɒŋz, -ɔːŋz Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} tongs
  1. plural of tong (“Chinese secret society”) Tags: form-of, plural Form of: tong (extra: Chinese secret society)
    Sense id: en-tongs-en-noun-uxy7tHrr
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Etymology number: 4

Verb

IPA: /tɒŋz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /tɔŋz/ [General-American], /tɑŋz/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-tongs.ogg
Rhymes: -ɒŋz, -ɔːŋz Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} tongs
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tong Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: tong
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Etymology number: 3
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