tongs vs ice tongs

tongs and ice tongs both are nouns.

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

As nouns, ice tongs is a hyponym of tongs; that is, ice tongs is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tongs:

tongs: any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below
ice tongs: tongs for lifting blocks of ice

Other hyponyms of tongs include coal tongs, fire tongs.

tongs (noun)	ice tongs (noun)
any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below	tongs for lifting blocks of ice