pair of tongs

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Noun

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pair of tongs - any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks belowtongsdevice - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"coal tongs, fire tongs - tongs for taking hold of burning coalsice tongs - tongs for lifting blocks of iceplural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one