Meaning of Tongs | Babel Free
tɒŋzDefinitions
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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. 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.
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
kəlbətin
Čeština
kleště
Dansk
tang
Deutsch
Greifer
Greifzange
Grillzange
Küchenzange
Nudelzange
Salatzange
Servierzange
Zange
Zuckerzange
Ελληνικά
τσιμπίδα
עברית
מלקחת
हिन्दी
चिमटा
Հայերեն
աքցան
Íslenska
töng
ქართული
მარწუხი
Қазақша
қысқаш
Latina
forceps
Lëtzebuergesch
Zaang
Македонски
клешти
Nederlands
tang
Polski
szczypce
Română
clește
Shqip
darë
Svenska
tång
தமிழ்
இடுக்கி
Examples
“There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;[…].”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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