As nouns the difference between tonga and tongs
is that tonga is (india) a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage used for transportation in india, pakistan, and bangladesh or tonga can be (medicine) a drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus while tongs is () an instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle, and sometimes including a spring to open the grips or tongs can be .
As a verb tongs is
(tong).
tonga
Proper noun
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en proper noun)
A country in Oceania. Official name: Kingdom of Tonga.
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tongs
Etymology 1
tong ("tool for manipulating things in a fire") + -s
Noun
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en-plural noun)
(English plurals) An instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle, and sometimes including a spring to open the grips.
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*:There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs ;.
(lb) (English plurals) A large scissors-like two-piece center-hinged forged-iron implement with oval-loop handles and with pointed tips turned inward (in the same plane as and perpendicular to the handles) to facilitate lifting and carrying a block of ice. Often called ice tongs.
Derived terms
* ice tongs
* pipe tongs
Verb
(head)
(tong)
See also
* forceps
* pincers
* pliers
* scissors
* shears
* tong
* tweezers
Etymology 2
tong ("Chinese secret society") + s
Noun
(head)
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