tweezers

Meanings

Noun

a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever for grasping
A small pincerlike instrument, usually made of metal, used for handling or picking up small objects (such as postage stamps), plucking out (plucking) hairs, pulling out slivers, etc.

Origin / Etymology

17th century (1645–55): plural of tweeser (on the model of nippers, pincers, pliers or scissors), from obsolete tweese (“case for small instruments”) (or alternatively, alteration of plural form tweeses), aphetic form of earlier etweese (plural of etwee), from French étuis, plural of étui (“case, box, cover”) (from Old French estui (“container, prison”, noun), derivative of étuier (earlier spelling, estuier (“to shut up, guard, keep, preserve, save, enclose, place in a cover”), probably from Vulgar Latin *estudiāre (“to keep, treat with care”) or *studiāre, from Latin studēre (“to care about”).

Synonyms

pair of pincers, pair of tweezers, pincer, pincers, tongs, tweezer

Scrabble Score: 20

tweezers is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
tweezers is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tweezers is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

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