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port tongs

port tongs is the plural of port tong.

Meaning of port tong

Noun

port tong (plural port tongs)

  1. (in plural) A tong / pair of tongs, used to open wine bottles (especially old bottles of port) with heat stress fracturing. The tongs are designed to be heated red hot, then applied to the neck of the bottle, for which the tongue is shaped to fit around, heating the glass.

Questions about port tongs

What is port tongs the plural of?
Port tongs is the plural of port tong.

Words near port tongs in the dictionary

  1. Port Sunlight
  2. Port Swettenham
  3. Port Talbot
  4. Port Tewfik
  5. port tong
  6. port tongs
  7. Port Townsend
  8. port triggering
  9. port triggerings
  10. Port Victoria
  11. Port Vila

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