צְבָת, (preced.) a pair of tongs (cmp. זוּג). Ab. V, 6 (among the things created in the last moment before the Sabbath) אף צ׳ בצ׳ עשויה also tongs which (by human hands) can be made only by means of tongs; Pes. 54ᵃ אף הצ׳ also the (first) tongs; v. next w.—Snh. VII, 2 פותחין את פיו בצ׳ וכ׳ they force his mouth open with tongs; Tosef. Sot. II, 3 (v. כַּלְבּוּס). Erub. X, 15 צ׳ של עץ wooden tongs; a. e.