tongs

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (plural, plural-only) 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.
2. (broadly, plural, plural-only) 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.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of tong

tong

• Noun
• Verb

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Concepts

pince

pinces

tenaille

tenailles

étangue

pincette

pincettes

la pince

ciseaux

Synonymes

pincers

pliers

forceps

tweezers

nippers

clamp

🗜️

pair of tongs

pinchers

tong

nipper

elbow

finger

grapnel

grapple

grip

gripper

gripping device

keeper

padre

pair of pliers

parson

pin

poker

priest

scissors

✂️

shears

stirrup

trap

🪤

wrench

🔧

railroad pliers

plyers

clamp clip terminal

pincer clamp

princers

clamp frame

binder

chopsticks

🥢

clam

claw

clench

clip

clips

cramp

curling tongs

Traductions

Zange

tang

tenazas

tenaglie

forceps

tenaz

pinze

pinza

pinça

pinzas

schaar

knijper

alicate

greep

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tɒŋz/

Étymologie (Anglais)

tong ("tool for manipulating things in a fire") + -s