tong

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.

Verb

1. To use tongs.
2. To grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs.

Conceptos

usar tenaza

tenaza

tenazas

Sinónimos

tongs

forceps

fork over

grip

clamp

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pincer

pinch

plier

nip

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/tɒŋ/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English tonge (“tongs, fang”), tange, from Old English tange, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognate with Old Norse tǫng (modern Icelandic töng), Old High German zanga (modern German Zange). Other cognates include Sanskrit दशति (dáśati, “to bite”) and Albanian dang (“bite, nip”).