sugar tongs

sug·ar tongs

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shoo g-er tawngz, tongz]
- /ˈʃʊg ər tɔŋz, tɒŋz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shoo g-er tawngz, tongz]
- /ˈʃʊg ər tɔŋz, tɒŋz/

Definitions of sugar tongs words

noun sugar tongs small tongs used for serving cubed sugar. 1
noun plural sugar tongs a device consisting of two connected arms that you push together and use for picking up a lump of sugar 0
noun sugar tongs small tongs for serving lumps of sugar 0

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Origin of sugar tongs

First appearance:

before 1700

One of the 50% oldest English words

First recorded in 1700-10

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Parts of speech for Sugar tongs

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

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preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sugar tongs

sugar tongs popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 54% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

sugar tongs usage trend in Literature

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