🇬🇧 Utensil meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A utensil is a tool or implement used in the kitchen for preparing, cooking, or eating food. Common utensils include forks, spoons, knives, ladles, tongs, spatulas, and whisks. They help make cooking and eating easier and more efficient.

I used a spatula, the most fearless utensil, to flip a pancake… and sent it flying across the room.

I asked my little brother for a utensil, and he handed me a garden rake… close, but not quite.

I thought I was using the right utensil to stir the soup, but it turned out to be a hairbrush. Oops!

We ran out of clean utensils, so my dad said, “Time to eat with our hands!”

My little brother used a ladle as a hat – I think he misunderstood the purpose of that utensil.

She opened the kitchen drawer and held one utensil, a cold metal fork, then another utensil, a bent spoon. A clumsy hand knocked over a utensil, sending clinks. He grabbed a wooden utensil to flip eggs, tasted with the same utensil, and smiled at the warm breakfast. Relief in the small, perfect utensil moment.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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