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Definition of utensil noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

utensil

noun
 
/juːˈtensl/
 
/juːˈtensl/
(formal)
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  1. 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.
    Topics Cooking and eatingc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryUtensil is used after these nouns:
    • kitchen
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    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’.
See utensil in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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