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ICE TONGS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ice tongs mean?
• ICE TONGS (noun)
The noun ICE TONGS has 1 sense:
1. tongs for lifting blocks of ice
Familiarity information: ICE TONGS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tongs for lifting blocks of ice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ice tongs" is a kind of...):
pair of tongs; tongs (any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
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