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noun-plural. A grasping device consisting of two arms that are joined, often at one end, as by a pivot or a scissorlike hinge.

n. 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.

n. (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.

v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tong.

n. Plural form of tong.

noun-plural. An instrument, usually of metal, consisting of two parts, or long shafts, jointed together at or near one end, or united by an elastic bow, used for handling things, especially hot coals or metals; -- often called a pair of tongs.

See tong.

n. any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below

"The ride was long, but, with my saddle-bags and Lucy, a new mare my aunt had raised and given me, and clad in overalls, which we called tongs, I cared little for the mud, and often enough stopped to assist a chaise out of the deep holes, which made the roads dangerous for vehicles."

device   

tweezers    tong    shears    scissors    pliers    forceps    pincers   

pair of tongs   

coal tongs    ice tongs    fire tongs   

pipe tongs    ice tongs   

tong   

belongs    gongs    longs    prolongs    prongs    sarongs    songs    throngs    wrongs   

pliers    shovel    tweezers    chisel    vise    scissor    saw    forge    ladle    screw-driver