utensil

utensil
/yooh ten"seuhl/, n.
1. any of the instruments or vessels commonly used in a kitchen, dairy, etc.: eating utensils; baking utensils.
2. any instrument, vessel, or tool serving a useful purpose: smoking utensils; fishing utensils; farming utensils.
[1325-75; ME (collective sing.): household articles < MF utensile < L utensilia, neut. pl. of UTENSILIS useful, deriv. of uti to USE]
Syn. 2. See tool.

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