tweezer

«tweezer» in Mova's school dictionary: a small tool with two thin metal arms that you squeeze… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (tweezers — usually plural; a pair of tweezers; tweezer used before another noun)

meaning for a pupil

Tweezers are a small tool with two thin metal arms that you squeeze together to pick up or pull out tiny things, such as splinters. tree →

sense in the lessons

In first aid, tweezers are used to take out splinters, and adults use them to remove ticks carefully. In science, tweezers help pick up small objects like seeds or insects without crushing them. Phrases: a pair of tweezers, pull out with tweezers.

examples

• Mum used tweezers to take out my splinter. tree →
• The first-aid kit has a pair of tweezers. tree →
• Pick up the tiny bead with the tweezers. tree →
• The scientist lifted the leaf with tweezers. tree →
• Ask an adult to remove a tick with tweezers. tree →
• My tweezers are in the bathroom drawer. tree →

note

Usually said in the plural: "tweezers are", "a pair of tweezers". The singular "tweezer" is rare and mostly used before another noun: "tweezer tips". Safety: tweezers are sharp; do not poke them near eyes or into ears.

In the corpora

• Pull it apart with tweezers and you can count the skulls of the mice and voles it ate.
• An adult removes a tick with fine tweezers, pulling it straight out, close to the skin.
• A splinter should be removed by an adult with clean tweezers and the skin washed, because a splinter left in can get infected.
• A splinter should be removed by a grown-up with clean tweezers, because dirty splinters get infected.
• A splinter should come out with clean tweezers so it does not get infected.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tweezer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.