English to French Meaning of tongs - pinces

Tongs :
pinces

pinces, chenets

pinces
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Definitions of tongs in English
Noun(1) any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below
Examples of tongs in English
(1) Use tongs to turn the duck half-way through cooking.(2) Minutes later, the baker picks up two long iron tongs and gently tugs the bread from the tandoor wall and plops it in the waiting arms of his customer.(3) When I was a child my father would plan a barbeque for my birthday every year, and every year we would all end up in the living room, watching him cook in the rain with his tongs in one hand and a golf umbrella in the other.(4) Cook for 2-3 minutes, flipping them over with tongs if necessary.(5) I reached for the tongs to pick it up and it caught the bottom of my dressing gown.(6) To give the Indian flat bread a sculptured look, use a pair of kitchen tongs to carefully hold bread a few inches above the open flame of a gas burner.(7) Uncle Gus pulled a hammer and some barbecue tongs out of his trousers pocket, and started tinkering.(8) ice tongs(9) Test by pushing on the centre of the steak with the side of the tongs , do not dig into the steak with a knife.(10) She picked up tongs and began rearranging cookies in the glass display.(11) sugar tongs(12) Customers line-up cafeteria-style, filling red plastic trays with pastries, using not their hands, but a pair of tongs taken from a rack.(13) When it's smoking, quickly add broccoli and toss well with a pair of tongs .(14) Grabbing a pair of tongs that rested in one of the boxes Joe served himself several of the chicken fingers.(15) Lift them out of the liquid with a pair of tongs and put them in a serving dish and keep warm.(16) The sisters got out of Alex's way as he grabbed an oven mitt and a pair of tongs .
Related Phrases of tongs
(1) tong ::
tong
(2) ice tongs ::
Pinces à glace
(3) curling tongs ::
fer à friser
(4) hammer and tongs ::
marteau et des pinces
Synonyms
Noun
1. pair of tongs ::
paire de pinces
Different Forms
tongs
Word Example from TV Shows
Why do you need tongs?

Why do you need TONGS?

The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 17

I was just wondering if we had any large barbecue tongs.

I was just wondering if we had any large barbecue TONGS.

The Big Bang Theory Season 12, Episode 17

English to French Dictionary: tongs

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