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pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
A grasping device consisting of two arms that are joined, often at one end, as by a pivot or a scissorlike hinge.
[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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- Gripping, Tightening, and Fastening Tools - tongs: two hinged arms used for grasping objects
- Utensils and Appliances - tongs: pincers for lifting and holding food
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Tongs are used for 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:
- Tongs which have long arms terminating in small flat circular ends of tongs and are pivoted close to the handle, as in the common fire-tongs, used for picking up pieces of coal and placing them on a fire.
- Tongs consisting of a single band of metal bent round one or two bands joined at the head by a spring, as in sugar-tongs (a pair of usually silver tongs with claw-shaped or spoon-shaped ends for serving lump sugar), asparagus-tongs and the like.
- Tongs in which the pivot or joint is placed close to the gripping ends, such as a driller's round tongs, blacksmith's tongs or crucible-tongs.
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.
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- Fire iron
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- Forceps
- Hot cell (Tongs are often used in hot cells to permit the manipulation of radioactive isotopes.
- Test tube tongs
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- Tweezers
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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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