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Meaning
Noun
●
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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
.
●
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.
●
plural of
tong
(“instrument”)
●
plural of
tong
(“Chinese
secret
society”)
Verb
●
third-person singular
simple
present indicative
of tong
Name
●
plural of Tong
Sourced from
Wiktionary
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