tong
Hinged grasping implement
Tongs are a gripping tool with two arms joined at one end, used to pick up objects without touching them directly: salad tongs, ice tongs, fireplace tongs.
The word is almost always plural—a single implement is still called tongs, like scissors or pliers.
To tong is to handle something with tongs: She tonged the hot coals into the brazier.
Slow-cook over coals
- saladCold dressed vegetables
- servingMeasured food portion
- spaghettiLong thin cylindrical pasta
- iceWater's solid form
pastry · toast · buffet · grill · kitchen · chef · silicone · stainless
Grasping claw organ
- graspSeize or understand
- clenchSqueeze tightly shut
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
- squeezeFirm bilateral compression
tweezers · forceps · pliers · nippers · vise · grip · hold · seize
Group of three
- mafiaCriminal organization using intimidation
- gangOrganized criminal group
- brotherhoodKinship among men
- syndicateCombined group pursuing shared interest
clan · secret · fraternity · underworld · ritual · oath · alliance · fellowship
barbecue
Slow-cook over coals
ice · pastry · toast · buffet · grill · kitchen · chef · silicone · stainless · utensil
pincer
Grasping claw organ
squeeze · tweezers · forceps · pliers · nippers · vise · grip · hold · seize · clamp
triad
Group of three
- mafiaCriminal organization using intimidation
- gangOrganized criminal group
- brotherhoodKinship among men
syndicate · clan · secret · fraternity · underworld · ritual · oath · alliance · fellowship · association
anvil
Metal-shaping block
smelting · bellows · iron · steel · furnace · metallurgy · welding · casting · tempering · quenching
- ChinatownChinatown, dim sum, dragon dances, Chinese New Year, lion dances
- Chinese loanwordsdim sum, kung fu, feng shui, tai chi, yin yang
- organized crimemafia, mob, the mob, syndicate, crime syndicate
- lifting gearhoist, pulley, winch, jack, chain hoist
- oilfield equipmentdrilling rig, oil rig, offshore rig, derrick, rotary drill
- overseas Chineseoverseas Chinese, ethnic Chinese, Chinese community, Chinatown, Chinatowns
State administrative body
law enforcement · civic association · public charity · open society · police force
- hammer and tongsWith intense force
- salad tongsUtensil for grasping greens
- fire tongsTool for handling coals
- curling tongsHeated hair-shaping device
- pair of tongsHinged gripping utensil
- barbecue tongsTool for turning grilled food