/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 utensile utensilia, neut. pl. of UTENSILIS useful, deriv. of uti to USE ]
Syn. 2. See tool .