Meaning

3 senses
  1. An instrument or device for domestic use, especially in the kitchen.

    We have convenient storage for all the kitchen/eating utensils.

    Gerät

    посу́даposúda, у́тварьútvarʹ

  2. (often, plural)Specifically, a eating utensil (fork, table knife, or spoon); a piece of flatware or cutlery.

  3. A useful small tool, implement, or vessel.

    He stocked up on old-style writing utensils.

    Gerät

    инструме́нтinstrumént, ору́диеorúdije, прибо́рpribór

More definitions
  • an implement for practical use (especially in a household)

Examples

61 sentences
  1. Please bring your own eating utensils.

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  2. Do you use plastic cooking utensils?

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  3. Do you have any wooden cooking utensils?

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  4. Tom asked me to bring my own eating utensils.

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  5. Kitchen utensils are in the basement.

    deKüchengeräte sind im Tiefgeschoss untergebracht.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
device for domestic use, in the kitchen, or in war:
small implement specialized for certain types of processing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
device for domestic use, in the kitchen, or in war:

Origin

From Middle English utensyl, from Old French utensile, from Latin ūtēnsilis (“useful, usab

From Middle English utensyl, from Old French utensile, from Latin ūtēnsilis (“useful, usable”).

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