TWEEZER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping

Synonyms:

pair of pincers; pair of tweezers; pincer; tweezer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("tweezer" is a kind of...):

hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tweezer"):

roach clip; roach holder (metal tweezers used by marijuana smokers to hold a roach)

Derivation:

tweeze (pluck with tweezers)