tongs
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The meaning (definition) of the word tongs
a kitchen tool with two long arms that grabs hot food.
The word tongs used in a sentence
“Mom used tongs to grab the hot corn from the pot safely.”
How the word tongs is said around the world
| French | pinces |
| Spanish | tenazas |
| Mandarin | 钳 |
| Hindi | चिमटा |
| Arabic | ملقط |
| Russian | щипцы |
| Portuguese (EU) | tenazes |
| Portuguese (BR) | tenazes |
| Japanese | トング |
| German | Zange |
| Urdu | چمٹے |
| Punjabi | ਚਿਮਟੇ |
| Korean | ...집게 |
| Hebrew | יַתוּך |
| Greek | λαβίδα |
| Dutch | tang |
| Filipino | sipit |
| Vietnamese | kẹp |
| Turkish | maşa |
| Persian | انبرک |
| Polish | szczypce |
| Ukrainian | щипці |
| Bengali | চিমটা |
| Swedish | tång |
| Italian | pinze |
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