utensil
noun/juːˈtensl/
/juːˈtensl/
(formal)- a tool that is used in the house
- cooking/kitchen utensils
- a new set of cooking utensils
- Wash your hands and all cooking utensils after preparing raw meat.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUtensil is used after these nouns:- kitchen
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting domestic implements or vessels collectively): from Old French utensile, from medieval Latin, neuter of Latin utensilis ‘usable’, from uti ‘to use’.Definitions on the go
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