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utensil

noun
/juˈtɛn.səl/UK/ˈju.tɛn.sɪl/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from ūtēnsilis
  2. derived from utensile
  3. inherited from utensyl

Definitions

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

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

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

    • He stocked up on old-style writing utensils.
    • Relations, sparing no expense'll/Send some useless old utensil,/Or a matching pen and pencil./"just the thing I need! how nice!"

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at utensil. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at utensil. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at utensil

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA