Term: tongs: any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below
Candidate hypernym: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose → 1
Candidate hypernym: rape suspect: someone who is suspected of committing rape → 0
Candidate hypernym: leg: one of the supports for a piece of furniture → 0
Candidate hypernym: provitamin: vitamin precursor; a substance that is converted into a vitamin in animal tissues → 0
Candidate hypernym: escalade: an act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification) → 0
Candidate hypernym: virginity: the condition or quality of being a virgin → 0
Candidate hypernym: trichiuridae: cutlassfishes → 0
Candidate hypernym: morion: a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century → 0
Candidate hypernym: tie: one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track → 0
Candidate hypernym: serval: slender long-legged African wildcat having large untufted ears and tawny black-spotted coat → 0
Candidate hypernym: subordination: the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head → 0