ice tongs

noun

, (usually used with a plural verb)

1. a small pair of tongs for serving ice cubes.
2. tongs for handling a large block of ice.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ice tongs¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Pictures of trowels, shovels, ice tongs and other tools are streamlined into icons painted on the concrete plaza, whose primary colors and basic geometric shapes emulate patchwork quilts.

From Washington Post

On a past gig, a pair of giant ice tongs fell into the machine and jammed up the gears.

From The New Yorker

Conant Metal & Light is a feast for the eyes — dazzling lighting, decorative metalwork and art made from repurposed objects, like canning jars, wrought-iron ice tongs and telephone pole insulators.

From Washington Post

Tiffany also plans to add home furnishings and accessories, such as ice tongs and beer mugs, with male customers in mind.

From Washington Post

Somehow this is a form of homage, and Tate commemorates the occasion by buying “some ice tongs . . . for which I had no earthly use.”

From The New Yorker