English-Thai Dictionary

tweezers

N แหนบ  คีม หนีบ  neab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TWEEZER-CASE

n.A case for carrying tweezers.

 

TWEEZERS

n.[This seems to be formed on the root of vise, an instrument for pinching. ] Nippers; small pinchers used to pluck out hairs.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TWEEZERS

Twee "zers, n. pl. Etym: [See Tweese.]

 

Defn: Small pinchers used to pluck out hairs, and for other purposes.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tweeze

tweeze |twēz twiz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] pluck, grasp, or pull with or as if with tweezers: the brows were tweezed to an almost invisible line. ORIGIN 1930s: back-formation from tweezer (see tweezers ).

 

tweezers

tweez ers |ˈtwēzərz ˈtwizərz | ▶plural noun (also a pair of tweezers ) a small instrument like a pair of pincers for plucking out hairs and picking up small objects. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: extended form of obsolete tweeze ‘case of surgical instruments, ’ shortening of etweese, plural of etui .

 

Oxford Dictionary

tweeze

tweeze |twiːz |(also tweezer ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] pluck, grasp, or pull with or as if with tweezers: the brows were tweezed to an almost invisible line. ORIGIN 1930s: back-formation from tweezer (see tweezers ).

 

tweezers

twee |zers |ˈtwiːzəz | ▶plural noun (also a pair of tweezers ) a small instrument like a pair of pincers for plucking out hairs and picking up small objects. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: extended form of obsolete tweeze ‘case of surgical instruments ’, shortening of etweese, anglicized plural of etui .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tweeze

tweeze verb she is tweezing her eyebrows: pluck, tweezer, pinch, extract.

 

tweezers

tweezers noun before using, dip the tweezers in alcohol: pincers; pliers, needle-nose pliers.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tweezers

tweez ers /twíːzə r z /名詞 〖複数扱い 〗毛抜き, ピンセット ▸ a pair of tweezers ピンセット1丁