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Definition: Utensil |
UtensilNoun1. An implement for practical use (especially in a household). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "utensil" was first used: sometime around 1375. (references) |
Etymology: Utensil \U*ten"sil\, noun. [French expression utensile, ustensile, from Latin expression utensile, from utensilis that may be used, fit for use, from uti, past participle usus, to use. See Use, transitive verb]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Instrument | Instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill; air engine, caloric engine, heat engine. |
Receptacle | Vessel, vase, bushel, barrel; canister, jar; pottle, basket, pannier, buck-basket, hopper, maund, creel, cran, crate, cradle, bassinet, wisket, whisket, jardiniere, corbeille, hamper, dosser, dorser, tray, hod, scuttle, utensil; brazier; cuspidor, spittoon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Utensil |
| English words defined with "utensil": Bailer, brass ♦ cheese cutter, Close-stool, cooker, cooking pan, cooking utensil, cookware, Corn popper ♦ enamelware ♦ food turner, funnel ♦ Gluepot, grater, grid, griddle, gridiron, Gum pot ♦ kitchen utensil ♦ masher, mincer, mincing machine, mixer ♦ pan ♦ ricer, rolling pin ♦ seeder, server, skimmer, squeezer, steamer ♦ tea ball, Turner ♦ Waffle iron. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "utensil": baler ♦ cake pan ♦ FRYING ♦ Piano ♦ TWISS ♦ wok-on-the-wall. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Utensil" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (implement, utensil). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | She put the skillet in the utensil box. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | One way to become infected is to cut poultry meat on a cutting board, and then use the unwashed cutting board or utensil to prepare vegetables or other raw or lightly cooked foods. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FRYING-:PAN:, n. One part of the penal apparatus employed in that punitive institution, a woman's kitchen. The frying-pan was invented by Calvin, and by him used in cooking span-long infants that had died without baptism; and observing one day the horrible torment of a tramp who had incautiously pulled a fried babe from the waste-dump and devoured it, it occurred to the great divine to rob death of its terrors by introducing the frying-pan into every household in Geneva. Thence it spread to all corners of the world, and has been of invaluable assistance in the propagation of his sombre faith. The following lines (said to be from the pen of his Grace Bishop Potter) seem to imply that the usefulness of this utensil is not limited to this world; but as the consequences of its employment in this life reach over into the life to come, so also itself may be found on the other side, rewarding its devotees: Old Nick was summoned to the skies. Said Peter: "Your intentions Are good, but you lack enterprise Concerning new inventions. "Now, broiling in an ancient plan Of torment, but I hear it Reported that the frying-pan Sears best the wicked spirit. "Go get one -- fill it up with fat -- Fry sinners brown and good in't." "I know a trick worth two o' that," Said Nick -- "I'll cook their food in't." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Utensil" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Utensil" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 14 | 93,893 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "utensil": cooking utensil ♦ household utensil ♦ kitchen utensil. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "utensil"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vegël (applicator, cat's paw, doohickey, dummy, engine, gadget, implement, instrument, Jigger, tool, utility), mjete (mean, means, outfit, tackle), enë kuzhine (utensils). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | وعاء (can, cistern, container, jerrycan, receptacle, vessel), إناء (container, punnet, receptacle, vessel), أداة نافعة, أداة (agent, appliance, device, gadget, implement, particle, tool). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съд (bar, bench, container, court, court of justice, court of law, inquest, judgement-seat, judicature, judiciary, jury, law, law court, receptacle, tribunal, vas, vessel), прибор (appliance, contrivance, device, implement, instrument, set), инструмент (implement, instrument, machine, tool). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 鋐 (implement), "具 (appliance), 器物, 器 (device, tool), 具 (device, equipment, instrument, tool), 工具 (instrument, means, tool). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nástroj (device, implement, instrument, tool), nádoba (container, holder, receptacle, vessel), kuchyòská potřeba. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | redskab (agent, means, tool). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gerief (comfort), gebruiksvoorwerp. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | لوازم اشپزخانه , وساءل , اسباب (Apparatus, Apparel, Appliance, Appurtenance, Article, Contraption, Contrivance, Doodad, Engine, Gadget, Gear, Implement, Instrument, Layout, Paraphernalia, Rig, Tackle, Thing, Tool), ظروف . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | talouskalu (household utensil), taloushuoli (household utensil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ustensile. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Gerät (apparatus, appliance, console, device, equipment, gadget, gadgetry, implement, instrument, piece of equipment, set, tabletop, tackle, tool, unit), Gebrauchsgegenstand (commodity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σκεύος (vessel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תשמיש (article, implement, service, use, utility), כלי מטבח (kitchenware). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szerszám (artifact, implement, instrument, tool), eszköz (appliance, contrivance, device, equipment, expedient, gadget, instrument, lever, leverage, means, resort, resource, tool). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | alat (appliance, device, instrument, means, organ, stuff, tool, utility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | utensile (implement, tool), strumento (agent, appliance, implement, instrument, mean, means, medium, tool), attrezzo (implement, tool), arnese (agent, contraption, gadget, gear, implement, means, thing, tool). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 器財 (implement, tool), 器具 , 什物 (fixtures, furniture, treasure), 什器 (appliance, furniture), 什 (10, ten, thing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きざい (equipment, equipment and materials, implement, machine parts, machinery, tool, tools and materials), きぐ (equipment, fear, misgivings), じゅうもつ (fixtures, furniture, treasure), じゅうき (appliance, furniture, heavy machine gun, hollyhock, invaluable person, small arms, treasure), じゅう (10, dwelling, living, ten, thing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | saagh (container, feeder, holder, ship, trough, vase, vial), jeshaght (contraption, engine, instrument, locomotive, machine), greie (engine, gear, implement, instrument, tool). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ensilutay utensílio (apparatus, appliance, gimmick, instrument, tool). (various references) ustensilã, unealtã (cat's paw, creature, dummy, furniture, implement, instrument, minister, pawn, puppet, tackle, thing, tool), sculã (tackle), instrument (apparatus, appliance, device, engine, implement, instrument, thing, tool). (various references) утварь (utensils). (various references) sprava (device), pribor (accessories, appurtenance, equipment, implement, materials, paraphernalia, prop, properties, supplies, supply, tackle, tackling), posuđe (pottery, utensils), alatka (implement, tool). (various references) mudziyo. (various references) utensilo (apparatus, appliance, device, unit), utensilio (artifact, tool, tool kit), trasto (doohickey, good for nothing, household utensil, odd type, old crock, piece of furniture, piece of junk), batería de cocina (kitchenware, pots and pans). (various references) redskap (appliance, gear, implement, instrument, pawn, tackle, things, tool). (various references) malzeme (apparatus, findings, furnishing, furniture, ingredient, instruments, kit, makings, material, materiel, necessaries, outfit, provisions, requisite, stock, topping, turnout), kap (binder, Cape, case, container, holder, hollowware, jacket, pot, receptacle, vessel). (various references) інструмент (apparatus, instrument, outfit, tool), приладдя (accessories, belongings, implement, outfit, tackle), посуд (dishes, -ware). (various references) đ" dùng (set-out, tackle, work). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | eme-dar. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | utensilia, vas, vasa, vasaque, vase, vasi, vasis, vaso, vasorum, vasorumque, vasseni. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | utensile. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "utensil": utensils. (additional references) | |
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"Utensil" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ataensic, Atensin, lutrensis, tensil, untensil, utencil, Utonai. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "utensil" (pronounced yuwte"nsul) |
| 6 | -t e" n s u l | stencil, tensile. |
| 5 | -e" n s u l | pencil. |
| 4 | -n s u l | cancel, consul, council, counsel, Hansel, Proconsul, tinsel, tonsil, unsell. |
| 3 | -s u l | antimissile, apostle, Axel, axle, basal, brasil, bristle, bustle, capsule, Castle, colossal, diesel, dismissal, dispersal, docile, dorsal, epistle, facile, fissile, fossil, gracile, gristle, Hassel, hassle, housel, hustle, imbecile, jostle, microfossil, missal, missel, missile, morsel, mucosal, muscle, mussel, Nestle, parcel, Passel, pixel, rehearsal, reversal, rustle, tassel, Tattersall, Tercel, Thistle, Tressel, trestle, tussle, universal, vassal, vessel, whistle, wrestle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: luniest, luteins. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-n-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: elints, enlist, inlets, insult, listen, lunets, lunies, lutein, silent, sunlit, tenuis, tinsel, unites, unties. | |
-2 letters: elint, etuis, ileus, inlet, inset, islet, istle, lenis, liens, lieus, lines, lints, lunes, lunet, lunts, lutes, neist, nites, senti, stein, stile, suint, suite, tiles, tines, tules, tunes, unite, units, unlet, unlit, unset, untie, until, utile. | |
-3 letters: etui, isle. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-n-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: alunites, bustline, cutlines, diluents, elutions, insulate, insulted, insulter, linecuts, lutenist, outlines, tunicles, unlisted, unsilent, utensils. | |
+2 letters: auntliest, bulletins, buntlines, bustlines, clunkiest, cultigens, glutelins, influents, insulated, insulates, insulters, intitules, involutes, jungliest, knurliest, lustering, lustiness, lutenists, luteolins, nubbliest, nullities, outliners, quantiles, quintiles, resulting, retinulas, sleuthing, tumplines, turnstile, unholiest, unruliest, unsterile, veinulets. | |
+3 letters: aluminates, andalusite, antisexual, bluepoints, blueprints, blustering, clustering, consultive, culminates, dentaliums, diluteness, disgruntle, elocutions, emulations, esuriently, evolutions, exsolution, faultiness, fitfulness, flauntiest, flounciest, flustering, fulminates, futileness, gelatinous, glutamines, gluttonies, granulites, guiltiness, inculcates, inculpates, inoculates, inosculate, insufflate, interludes, klutziness, knuckliest, lacustrine, lenticules, lentivirus, licentious, liquescent, longitudes, lunchtimes, luteinizes, lutestring, multisense, naturalise, nautiluses, nebulosity, neutralise, neutralism, neutralist, nubilities, outselling, penultimas, plenitudes, pleustonic, queenliest, quintuples, resaluting, resolution, sensualist, sensuality, septupling, sequential, sextupling, snuffliest, subletting, sultriness, suppletion, tendrilous, toluidines, touchlines, trucklines, turnstiles, ungodliest, univalents, unluckiest, unmanliest, unsettling, unsteadily, unsteeling, unsuitable, wulfenites. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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