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(mostly plural) An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.

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tong

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tong

IPA(Pronunciation)

/tɒŋ/

Noun

plural

(mostly plural) An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.

Japanese Meaning

火の中にあるものを直接手で触れずに掴むための道具、すなわち火ばさみや調理用トングと呼ばれるもの

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She carefully reached into the bonfire with a tong to reposition the glowing embers.

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彼女は焚き火の中に火ばさみを差し入れて、赤くなった熾（おき）を慎重に動かした。

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(mostly plural) An instrument or tool used for manipulating things in a fire without touching them with the hands.

[…] these attributes are concrete expressions of God's care and providence and therefore not man-made. This explains the quite bizarre presence of a ‘pair’ of tongs in some lists: in order to make a tong one needs a tong, and how could the first tong be made without a tong?

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