tongs
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below
Types & categories
- device hypernym
- fire tongs hyponym
- ice tongs hyponym
Related & opposite
- plural domain usage
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | plural |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | device |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fire tongs |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ice tongs |