name
Meaning 1
plural of Tong
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tongs
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /tɒŋz/
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General-American: /tɔŋz/
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cot-caught-merger: /tɑŋz/
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rhymes with -ɒŋz
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rhymes with -ɔːŋz
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CMU ARPABET: T AA1 NG Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: T AO1 NG Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
plural of tong (“instrument”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
plural of tong (“Chinese secret society”)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
third-person singular simple present indicative of tong
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pair of tongs
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: device
Narrower terms: fire tongs, coal tongs, ice tongs
History
Etymology
tong ("tool for manipulating things in a fire") + -s
Across languages
Translations
88 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: darë — instrument
- Southern Altai: кыскаш (kïskaš) — instrument
- Southern Altai: капкы (kapkï) — instrument
- Arabic: كَلْبَتَان (kalbatān) — instrument
- Armenian: աքցան (akʻcʻan) — instrument
- Aromanian: cleashti — instrument
- Azerbaijani: kəlbətin — instrument
- Bashkir: ҡыпһыуыр (qıphıwır) — instrument
- Bashkir: ҡыпсыуыр (qıpsıwır) — instrument
- Bulgarian: щипци (štipci) — instrument
- Chinese: 钳 (khîn) — instrument
- Chinese Mandarin: 鉗子 /钳子 (qiánzi) — instrument
- Czech: kleště — instrument
- Danish: tang — instrument
- Dutch: tang — instrument
- Finnish: pihdit — instrument
- French: pinces — instrument
- Georgian: მარწუხი (marc̣uxi) — instrument
- Georgian: მაშები (mašebi) — instrument
- German: Greifer — instrument
- German: Zange — instrument
- German: Greifzange — instrument
- German: Grillzange — instrument
- German: Küchenzange — instrument
- German: Nudelzange — instrument
- German: Salatzange — instrument
- German: Servierzange — instrument
- German: Zuckerzange — instrument
- Greek: λαβίδες (lavídes) — instrument
- Ancient Greek: λαβίς (labís) — instrument
- Cappadocian Greek: καϊζάρ (kaïzár) — instrument
- Hebrew: מלקחת (melkakhat) — instrument
- Hindi: चिमटा (cimṭā) — instrument
- Icelandic: töng — instrument
- Interlingua: tenalia — instrument
- Irish: tlú — instrument
- Irish: teanchair — instrument
- Italian: tenaglie — instrument
- Italian: pinzetta — instrument
- Japanese: -挟み (-basami) — instrument
- Japanese: -箸 (-bashi) — instrument
- Japanese: e.g. — instrument
- Japanese: パンばさみ (panbasami) — instrument
- Japanese: 火箸 (hibashi) — instrument
- Japanese: トング (tongu) — instrument
- Kazakh: қысқаш (qysqaş) — instrument
- Khalaj: ambur — instrument
- Korean: 집게 (jipge) — instrument
- Kumyk: маша (maşa) — instrument
- Northern Kurdish: kêlbetan — instrument
- Latin: forceps — instrument
- Lithuanian: žnyplės — instrument
- Luxembourgish: Zaang — instrument
- Macedonian: клешти (klešti) — instrument
- Māori: kape — instrument
- Māori: pīnohi — instrument
- Nuosu: ꇣꑐ (gax nyie) — instrument
- Dari: پلاس (palâs) — instrument
- Iranian Persian: کلبتین (kalbateyn) — instrument
- Polish: szczypce — instrument
- Portuguese: tenaz — instrument
- Portuguese: pinça — instrument
- Portuguese: pegador — instrument
- Rarotongan: pīngo‘i — instrument
- Romanian: clește — instrument
- Russian: схва́ты (sxváty) — instrument
- Russian: щипцы́ (ščipcý) — instrument
- Samoan: iʻofi — instrument
- Slovak: kliešte — instrument
- Lower Sorbian: klěšće — instrument
- Spanish: pinzas — instrument
- Spanish: tenacillas — instrument
- Spanish: tenazuelas — instrument
- Swahili: koleo — instrument
- Swahili: makoleo — instrument
- Swedish: tång — instrument
- Swedish: griptång — instrument
- Tamil: இடுக்கி (iṭukki) — instrument
- Thai: คีม (kiim) — instrument
- Thai: แหนบ (nɛ̀ɛp) — instrument
- Turkish: maşa — instrument
- Turkish: kıskaç — instrument
- Turkish: kısaç — instrument
- Ottoman Turkish: قیصاج (kısac) — instrument
- Ottoman Turkish: ماشه (maşa) — instrument
- Vietnamese: cái gắp đá — instrument
- Volapük: zäp — instrument
- Volapük: filazäp — instrument