eating utensil

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eating utensil - tableware implements for cutting and eating food

fork - cutlery used for serving and eating food

handgrip, handle, grip, hold - the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it; "he grabbed the hammer by the handle"; "it was an old briefcase but it still had a good grip"

spoon - a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food

Spork - trademark for a plastic eating utensil that has both tines and a bowl like a spoon

table knife - a knife used for eating at dining table

tableware - articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware)

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Sheriff Woody, the "Toy Story" mainstay voiced by Tom Hanks, tries to convince Forky that Bonnie's love has changed his identity and given him a purpose beyond that of an eating utensil.

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The pattern of knowledge deficits observed among Vietnamese in the current study regarding HBV transmission, including misconceptions about spread through eating utensil, eating shellfish, and underestimating the role of sexual intercourse, was similar to that previously observed in Chinese Americans.

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I had previously overheard the waitress on her phone in the toilet having a rant because Susan had phoned in sick with a rash and so I contemplated not causing her any more grief and adapt my mobile phone into a eating utensil.

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The product description claims that the pen cap cutlery is for the cubicle captive, asserting that they are "cool and convenient" eating utensil.

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Our kitchen utensil drawers are filled with all sorts of great inventions, and now your students will have a chance to develop their own eating utensil. Try this challenge on for size and see what you think.

A new utensil

We started reading out loud, A-M-B-U-R-G-E-R,' and realized it spelled, 'hamburgers.'" The full text of the object said, "Old Fashioned Hamburgers," identifying it as part of an eating utensil from a Wendy's restaurant.

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We started reading out loud, 'A-M-B-U-R-G-E-R,' and realized it spelled, "hamburgers.'" The full text of the object said, "Old Fashioned Hamburgers," identifying it as part of an eating utensil from a Wendy's restaurant.

Stuck in you

At first, it was used more as an amusement than as a serious eating utensil. By the 1600s, forks became fashionable and were more acceptable than eating with one's fingers.

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"He held a saucepan in his left hand and an eating utensil in his right hand."

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* In Western cultures, the fork is a primary eating utensil. Scholars believe that forks first showed up at dining tables around the 7th century B.C.

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The yolks were pierced with an eating utensil and exploded, resulting in the burns.

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KARACHI -- Pakistan People's Party (PPP) MNAs Mir Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani , Imran Zafar Laghari and Shazia Marri have condemned reported discrimination against a Hindu/Dalit journalist Sahib Oad in a Nawaz government-run news agency in Karachi where he was forced to keep separate his drinking and eating utensil in the office.