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- pronunciation:
- tangz
[or]
tawngz
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plural noun |
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Tongs are a tool that people sometimes use to grab something, especially when cooking. Tongs are made out of metal, and they have two arms that can be made to touch each other in order to hold and pick up something.
The chef used a pair of tongs to turn over the bacon in the frying pan.With a pair of silver tongs, the lady took a lump of sugar out of the bowl and put it in her cup of tea.
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