Tongs are a type of tool used to grip and lift objects instead of holding them directly with hands.

There are many forms of tongs adapted to their specific use. Tongs for grilling, tongs for serving salad or spaghetti are kitchen utensil of the same type. They provide a way to move, rotate and turn the food with delicate precision, or fetch a full serving in one grab. Tongs consisting of a single band of bent metal, as in sugar tongs, most asparagus tongs and the like. Sugar tongs are usually silver, with claw-shaped or spoon-shaped ends for serving lump sugar. Asparagus tongs are usually similar but larger, with a band near the head that limits how far the tongs can expand.、