Tongs Definition

tôngz, tŏngz
tong
noun
A device for seizing or lifting objects, having two long arms pivoted or hinged together.
Webster's New World

(plural form of tong) 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.

Wiktionary
(by extension) (plural form of tong) 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.
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Plural form of tong.
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verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tong.
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Origin of Tongs

  • Middle English tonges pl. of tonge from Old English tang, tong

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

  • tong ("Chinese secret society") + s

    From Wiktionary

Tongs Sentence Examples

  • Use tongs to remove the can from the fire.

  • Hold the mouse by the tail with a pair of long-handled tongs.

  • But even that's not a problem, because Joanna can't live without her curling tongs and hair stuff.

  • Held between the thumb and fingers of the right hand, they are used as tongs to take up portions of the food, which is brought to table cut up into small and convenient pieces, or as means for sweeping the rice and small particles of food into the mouth from the bowl.

  • The crucible is then lifted out by circular tongs suspended in such a way that two men can take part in the; operation.

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