What does tongs mean?

Definition

A tool with two arms joined at one end, squeezed together to pick up and serve food.

Example sentences

• Has anyone seen the tongs? I'm not going to turn over the meat with a fork again.🔊

  Has anyone seen the tongs? I'm not going to turn over the meat with a fork again.

• Uncle Zé's tongs are bent from twenty years of barbecues, and they don't grip anything smaller than a chicken heart anymore.🔊

  Uncle Zé's tongs are bent from twenty years of barbecues, and they don't grip anything smaller than a chicken heart anymore.

• We finally bought long tongs for the barbecue, so whoever's on the grill can pick up the sausages without singeing their arm hair.🔊

  We finally bought long tongs for the barbecue, so whoever's on the grill can pick up the sausages without singeing their arm hair.

Related words

tongs in other languages

• In Portuguese
• In French
• In Japanese