tongs
Significat (Anglès)
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- 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.
- 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.
Sinònims
pair of tongs
gripping device
railroad pliers
clamp clip terminal
pincer clamp
princers
clamp frame
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/tɒŋz/
Etimologia (Anglès)
tong ("tool for manipulating things in a fire") + -s
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tong
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An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.
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