What does "utensil" mean?

An instrument or device for domestic use, especially in the kitchen.

Utensil

Common synonyms include: accouterments, apparatus, apparatus, appliances, appointments, appurtenances.

/ˈju.tɛn.sɪl/ noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
An instrument or device for domestic use, especially in the kitchen.
"We have convenient storage for all the kitchen/eating utensils."
2
an implement for practical use (especially in a household) wordnet
3
A useful small tool, implement, or vessel.
"He stocked up on old-style writing utensils."

"The pressure cooker is a cooking utensil that closes hermetically."

From Middle English utensyl, from Old French utensile, from Latin ūtēnsilis (“useful, usable”).