Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An implement or container used domestically, especially in a kitchen.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument or implement: as, utensils of war; now, more especially, an instrument or vessel in common use in a kitchen, dairy, or the like, as distinguished from agricultural implements and mechanical tools.
- noun Synonyms Implement, Instrument, etc. See
tool .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
instrument ordevice fordomestic use, in thekitchen , or inwar . - noun A small hand
tool or material-handlingimplement specialized for specific types of processing such as is used in thekitchen or alaboratory .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an implement for practical use (especially in a household)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The best all around cast iron cooking utensil is the dutch oven, the real ones that have legs and a rim around the lid to hold coals.
What is the best cast iron skillet for deep frying mr. walleye on shore lunches. 2010
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The best all around cast iron cooking utensil is the dutch oven, the real ones that have legs and a rim around the lid to hold coals.
What is the best cast iron skillet for deep frying mr. walleye on shore lunches. 2010
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I'm not the sort of pencil connoisseur to use pretentious French words (whoops -- too late) and imply that using the ideal writing utensil is some kind of transcendental experience.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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I'm not the sort of pencil connoisseur to use pretentious French words (whoops -- too late) and imply that using the ideal writing utensil is some kind of transcendental experience.
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This utensil is essentially a sauce bowl, the salsa being prepared by grinding the ingredients together.
The Mexican Kitchen, Heart Of The Home: Part I - Cooking Equipment, Modern And Traditional 2006
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This utensil is essentially a sauce bowl, the salsa being prepared by grinding the ingredients together.
The Mexican Kitchen, Heart Of The Home: Part I - Cooking Equipment, Modern And Traditional 2006
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It will be found always covered, whenever the utensil is not empty, by condensed offensive moisture.
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But it actually made me a good field interviewer because I knew nothing about farming and other aspects of rural life and this ignorance actually legitimized my rather mundane questions about such things as what the farmers called the utensil they use to fry eggs with, the machinery they use to reap their harvests, and what they call their animals.
Language Log 2009
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But it actually made me a good field interviewer because I knew nothing about farming and other aspects of rural life and this ignorance actually legitimized my rather mundane questions about such things as what the farmers called the utensil they use to fry eggs with, the machinery they use to reap their harvests, and what they call their animals.
Language Log 2009
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The utensil was a 75th birthday present from artist Ken Marshall to his friend Bob Stane, an area coffeehouse/showroom owner.
AroundTheCapitol.com 2009
plethora commented on the word utensil
I have honestly heard this used, non-ironically, as a penis euphemism.
July 18, 2008