tong

a tool with two long metal or wooden parts that are joined in the middle and can be moved apart, used for lifting heavy objects such as coal or fish from a container

tenaza, pinza

Collocations tongs for coal

• He used a pair of tongs to lift the fish out of the pan.

  Usó una tenaza para sacar el pescado del sartén.

the language or dialect spoken by a particular group of people, especially in relation to the standard form of that language

dialecto, lengua hablada por una comunidad

Collocations regional tongue

• The local tongue is a dialect of the national language.

  El idioma local es un dialecto del lenguaje nacional.