A Topical Dictionary: Search for utensil

Dictionary Results For "utensil" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Pronunciation

IPA: /juˈtɛnsəl/ (US)
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-utensil.ogg

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɛnsəl|/-ɛnsəl/

Noun

utensil (utensils)

an instrument or device for domestic use, in the kitchen.
a small hand tool or material handling implement specialized for specific types of processing such as is used in the kitchen or a laboratory.

Translations

Finnish: käyttöesine, väline
French: ustensile

fr:utensil io:utensil id:utensil ku:utensil lt:utensil hu:utensil pt:utensil fi:utensil ta:utensil te:utensil vi:utensil zh:utensil

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Utensil \U*ten"sil\ (?; 277), n. [F. utensile, ustensile, L.
utensile, fr. utensilis that may be used, fit for use, fr.
uti, p. p. usus, to use. See Use, v. t.]
That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially,
an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and
farming business.
[1913 Webster]

Wagons fraught with utensils of war. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet utensil
n : an implement for practical use (especially in a household)

Moby Dictionary
accouterments , apparatus , appliances , appointments , appurtenances ,
armament , container , contraption , contrivance , conveniences ,
device , duffel , equipage , equipment , facilities , facility ,
fittings , fixtures , furnishings , furniture , gadget , gear , gimcrack ,
gimmick , gizmo , hand tool , holder , impedimenta , implement ,
installations , instrument , kit , machinery , materiel , means ,
mechanical device , munition , munitions , outfit , paraphernalia ,
plant , plumbing , power tool , precision tool , receiver , receptacle ,
rig , rigging , speed tool , stock-in-trade , tackle , things , tool ,
utensils , vessel