English Explanatory Dictionary

fire tongs

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Tongs used for gripping and moving burning coals and logs in a fire. Part of a set of fire irons.

Word forms

fire tongs

Etymology

From Middle English fyretonges.

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