utensil

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
utensil
    n 1: an implement for practical use (especially in a household)
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Utensil \U*ten"sil\ (?; 277), n. [F. utensile, ustensile, L.
   utensile, fr. utensilis that may be used, fit for use, fr.
   uti, p. p. usus, to use. See {Use}, v. t.]
   That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially,
   an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and
   farming business.
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         Wagons fraught with utensils of war.     --Milton.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "utensil":
      accouterments, apparatus, appliances, appointments, appurtenances,
      armament, container, contraption, contrivance, conveniences,
      device, duffel, equipage, equipment, facilities, facility,
      fittings, fixtures, furnishings, furniture, gadget, gear, gimcrack,
      gimmick, gizmo, hand tool, holder, impedimenta, implement,
      installations, instrument, kit, machinery, materiel, means,
      mechanical device, munition, munitions, outfit, paraphernalia,
      plant, plumbing, power tool, precision tool, receiver, receptacle,
      rig, rigging, speed tool, stock-in-trade, tackle, things, tool,
      utensils, vessel

    

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