kitchen utensils

Meaning

Hand-held tools or instruments used in a kitchen for preparing, serving, or eating food. This includes items like spatulas, whisks, tongs, ladles, and peelers, but usually excludes large electrical appliances or heavy pots and pans.

Examples

• We need to buy some new kitchen utensils, like a whisk and a potato masher.

  We need to buy some new kitchen utensils, like a whisk and a potato masher.

• She keeps all her wooden kitchen utensils in a ceramic jar next to the stove.

  She keeps all her wooden kitchen utensils in a ceramic jar next to the stove.

• Using the right kitchen utensils can make preparing dinner much faster and safer.

  Using the right kitchen utensils can make preparing dinner much faster and safer.

• Make sure to wash these plastic kitchen utensils by hand so they don't melt in the dishwasher.

  Make sure to wash these plastic kitchen utensils by hand so they don't melt in the dishwasher.

• The drawer was overflowing with various kitchen utensils we rarely use.

  The drawer was overflowing with various kitchen utensils we rarely use.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I bought some kitchen machines like a spoon and fork.

  ✓ I bought some kitchen utensils like a spoon and fork.

  'Machines' refers to motorized appliances (like blenders or food processors). Hand-held non-electric tools are called 'utensils'.

• ✗ He washed all the kitchen utensil after dinner.

  ✓ He washed all the kitchen utensils after dinner.

  'Utensil' is a countable noun. When referring to a collection of tools, always use the plural form 'utensils'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Spatulas, ladles, and whisks are all examples of ___.

  💡 Hand-held tools used for cooking.

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  kitchen utensils

• Please put the clean ___ back in the drawer.

  💡 Plural term for cooking tools.

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  kitchen utensils