ice tongs vs plural

ice tongs and plural both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ice tongs	Yes	No	No	No
plural	Yes	Yes	No	No

ice tongs (noun)	plural (noun)
tongs for lifting blocks of ice	the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

ice tongs (adjective)	plural (adjective)
	grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units
	composed of more than one member, set, or kind