tweezer
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈtwiːzər/
- She carefully used the tweezers to place the fragile model part in position.
- using tweezers
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Watch on YouTubeYou then get your bond in clear and black, and you get your tweezer to apply them and fuse them.
- You then get your bond in clear and black, and you get your tweezer to apply them and fuse them.
- And it is the pink double tweezer Tweezerman set.
- This looks like oh, it's this it's it's the a similar type of tweezer, but without a lock.
- OK, let's see you guys, not even the tweezer, not even the tweezer, it's the deco.
Examples
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Letson removed the tiny fragment with tweezers and placed a Band-Aid over the scratch.
Blog text (31) -
After Lara showers, she sees a hair on her chin which she plucks with a tweezer.
Fiction book (1994) -
Give me the tweezers, please.
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Do you have any tweezers?
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Becton handed me metal tweezers that he kept handy in his breast pocket.
Fiction book (1995) -
I stepped on a bee two Saturdays ago and needed tweezers to pull the stinger out.
Blog text (23) -
Working with tweezers and a microscope, Lentz has found remains of squash and corn from soil samples.
Academic text (2009) -
Use the tweezers to grab the small splinter from your finger.
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For precision, he always kept a pair of tweezers in his toolbox for handling tiny components.
Synonyms
33
2.3
A small tool with two long metal arms joined at one end used to hold, bend, or cut things
16
2.6
A small metal tool with two thin arms to pick up very small things
3
2.8
Small tool with two thin arms used to pick up small things
1
5.8
A hand tool with two handles and curved jaws for gripping or cutting things like nails
1
5.1
A tool with two joined arms used to hold or pull things
How Precise
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tweezer feels like it comes from two, and that is a useful image: it has two thin arms you pinch together. So a tweezer is a small tool to 'pick up' or 'hold' very small things.