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[Middle English tonges, pl. of tonge, from Old English tang, tong.]
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Long-handled, about 3 feet, shaped like pincers with knobs on the ends of the grasping blades. Applied by standing behind the subject in a confined space and closing the jaws to grasp the animal's head just below the ears. Used for restraint of pigs and similarly built animals up to about 100 lb body weight.
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below
Synonym: pair of tongs
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Tongs are gripping and lifting tools, of which there are many forms adapted to their specific use. Some are merely large pincers or nippers, but the greatest number fall into three classes:
The tongs are the most-used cooking utensil when grilling, as they provide a way to move, rotate and turn the food with delicate precision.
A special form of tongs, known as "lazy-tongs," consists of a pair of grippers at the end of a series of levers pivoted together like scissors, the whole being closed or extended by the movement of the handles communicated to the first set of levers and thence to the grippers, the whole forming an extensible pair of tongs for gripping and lifting things at a distance.
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| Translations: Tongs |
Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - tang, ildtang
Français (French)
n. pl. - pincettes, fer à friser, pince, pinces à salade, pince à sucre
Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Zange
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - λαβίδα, τσιμπίδα, μασιά
Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - pinças (f pl), tenazes (f pl)
Русский (Russian)
большие щипцы, каминные щипцы
Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - tenacillas, pinzas
Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - tång
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
夹具, 钳子, 火钳
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 夾具, 鉗子, 火鉗
한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 집게, 화젓가락, 머리 인두
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 物を挟む道具, …ばさみ
العربيه (Arabic)
(الجمع) ملقطه, ملقط
עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - מלקחיים
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 | Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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