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| Main Entry: | utensil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tool, usually for eating |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, contrivance, convenience, device, equipment, fork, gadget, implement, instrument, knife, silverware, tableware, spoon, ware |
| Main Entry: | container |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holder for physical object |
| Synonyms: | bag, beaker, bin, bottle, bowl, box, bucket, bunker, caisson, can, canteen, capsule, carton, cask, casket, chamber, chest, churn, cistern, cradle, crate, crock, dish, ewer, flask, hamper, hutch, jar, jug, kettle, package, packet, pail, pit, pod, poke, pot, pottery, pouch, purse, receptacle, reliquary, repository, sac, sack, scuttle, storage, tank, tub, utensil, vase, vat, vessel, vial, alembic, canister, carafe, cauldron, firkin, hod, hopper, humidor, jeroboam, magnum, stein |
| Main Entry: | gadget |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device, novelty |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, business, concern, contraption, contrivance, doodad*, doohickey*, gimmick, gizmo*, invention, object, thing*, thingamajig, tool, utensil, widget*, whatchamacallit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | implement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agent, tool |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, equipment, gadget, instrument, machine, utensil |
| Main Entry: | machinery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devices performing work |
| Synonyms: | agency, agent, apparatus, appliance, channel, contraption, contrivance, engine, equipment, gadget, gear, implement, instrument, materiel, means, mechanism, medium, method, motor, organ, outfit, paraphernalia, structure, system, tackle, tool, utensil, vehicle, works, accouterment, habiliments, shifts |
| Main Entry: | device |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instrument, tool |
| Synonyms: | accessory, agent, apparatus, appliance, arrangement, article, construction, contraption, contrivance, creation, doohickey*, equipment, expedient, gadget, gear, gimmick, implement, invention, machine, makeshift, material, means, mechanism, medium, outfit, resort, resource, rigging, shift, tackle, utensil, Rube Goldberg invention, thingamabob, whatchamacallit, whatnot, whatsit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | instrument |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tool, implement |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, doodad*, equipment, gadget, gear, gizmo*, machine, machinery, mechanism, paraphernalia, tackle, utensil |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instrument used to shape, form, finish |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, engine, gadget, gizmo*, implement, job, machine, means, mechanism, utensil, weapon, whatchamacallit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contrivance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gadget |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, appliance, coinage, contraption, convenience, creation, device, discovery, engine, equipment, gear, gimcrack*, harness, implement, instrument, invention, machine, material, mechanism, tackle, thingamajig*, tool, utensil, widget*, brainchild, thingamabob, whatsis |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vessel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | container, bowl |
| Synonyms: | basin, kettle, pitcher, pot, receptacle, urn, utensil |
| Main Entry: | apparatus |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equipment with a purpose |
| Synonyms: | appliance, black box*, contraption, device, doodad*, doohickey*, furnishings, gear, gimcrack*, gimmick, gizmo*, idiot box*, implement, job*, machine, machinery, means, mechanism, outfit, paraphernalia, provisions, setup, stuff, supplies, tackle, thingamajig*, widget*, accoutrement, dingbat, gaff, grabber, habiliments, jigger, tools, utensils, whatchamacallit, whatsis, whosis |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | equipment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supplies, gear for activity |
| Synonyms: | accessories, apparatus, baggage, belongings, equipage, furnishings, furniture, impedimenta, machinery, material, materiel, miscellaneous, outfit, paraphernalia, provisions, rig*, setup, stock, store, stuff, tackle, things, trappings, accompaniments, accouterments, appliances, appurtenances, articles, attachments, contraptions, contrivances, devices, facilities, fittings, fixtures, gadgets, habiliments, kit and kaboodle, provisioning, shebang, tools, traps, utensils |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hardware |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tools; fittings, especially made of metal |
| Synonyms: | accouterments, appliances, fasteners, fixtures, household furnishings, housewares, implements, ironware, kitchenware, metalware, plumbing, utensils |
| Main Entry: | kit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | provisions, equipment |
| Synonyms: | apparatus, assortment, bag, collection, container, effects, gear, impedimenta, material, outfit, pack, paraphernalia, rig, satchel, selection, set, stock, stuff, suitcase, supplies, tackle, things, trappings, accoutrements, implements, tools, utensils |
| Main Entry: | tableware |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flatware |
| Synonyms: | glasses, silverware, dishes, forks, glassware, knives, spoons, utensils |
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