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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tweez•ers /ˈtwizɚz/USA pronunciation n. [plural* used with a singular or plural verb]- a small tool of two pieces of metal joined at one end, used for plucking out hairs, etc.:a pair of tweezers; The tweezers are on the countertop.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tweez•ers (twē′zərz),USA pronunciation n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) - small pincers or nippers for plucking out hairs, extracting splinters, picking up small objects, etc.
- Latin stūdiāre to care for) + -er1
- French étuis, plural of étui, noun, nominal derivative of Old French étuier to keep
- plural of tweezer, equivalent. to obsolete tweeze case of surgical instruments (aphetic form of earlier etweese 1645–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: tweezers /ˈtwiːzəz/ pl n - a small pincer-like instrument for handling small objects, plucking out hairs, etc
Also called: pair of tweezers, (esp US) tweezer
Etymology: 17th Century: plural of tweezer (on the model of scissors, etc), from tweeze case of instruments, from French étuis cases (of instruments), from Old French estuier to preserve, from Vulgar Latin studiāre (unattested) to keep, from Latin studēre to care about |