utensil

[yoo-ten-suhl] / yuˈtɛn səl /

NOUN

tool, usually for eating

Synonyms

STRONGEST

appliance equipment fork gadget instrument knife silverware tableware ware

STRONG

apparatus contrivance convenience device implement spoon

Usage

What are other ways to say utensil? A utensil is an article used especially for domestic use: kitchen utensils. An instrument is anything used in doing a certain type of work or producing a certain result, especially such as requires delicacy, accuracy, or precision: surgical or musical instruments. A tool is a contrivance held in and worked by the hand, for assisting the work of (especially) mechanics or skilled laborers: a carpenter's tools. An implement is any tool or contrivance designed or used for a particular purpose: agricultural implements.

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My meal came with metal utensils and a cloth napkin.

From The Wall Street Journal

Klenam was in the outdoor kitchen ladling soup into bowls, and Mawuli was washing the pans and utensils they had used for the soap making.

From Literature

Watching them is like being spoonfed by the streamer’s CEO, Ted Sarandos, who, by pioneering this content model, is waving a utensil in front of us like an airplane coming in for a landing.

From Salon

She walked to the pot by the stove where she kept the utensils.

From Literature

Do they expect to use your silverware or should they buy some plastic utensils?

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