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Science & Tech > Implements > Cooking


Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.


aerator that which supplies with air; esp an apparatus used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.
ashet (Scots) a large plate.
autoclave (Fr.) a kind of French stewpan with a steamtight lid; (verb) to heat in an autoclave.
bakeboard (Scots) a board for kneading dough on.
bakestone a flat stone or iron plate on which cakes are baked in an oven.
barbecue a framework for cooking food over an open fire; (verb) to cook on a barbecue.
blender one that blends.
brander (Scots) a gridiron; (verb) to cook on a gridiron.
brandise a trivet.
brochette (Fr.) a skewer for holding food steady while cooking.
bundt a type of cake pan.
cafetiere (Fr.) a type of coffee-maker.
caldron a large kettle for boiling or heating liquids.
cauldron a large kettle for boiling or heating liquids.
cheesetaster a long hollow tool for taking a sample from the inside of a cheese.
cheesewire a thin wire used for cutting cheese.
chessel a cheese-mould.
chopstick either of two small sticks used instead of a fork for eating, esp in Oriental countries.
cochlear (Lat.) a spoon.
cochleare (Lat.) a spoon.
coffeemaker a utensil or appliance in which coffee is brewed.
cookstove a stove used for cooking.
cooktop a type of cooking apparatus.
cookware cooking ware.
dariole (Fr.) a small cylindrical mould used in cooking.
deboner a utensil for deboning.
dishpan a pan for washing dishes.
dixie (Hindi) a military cooking-pot.
dixy (Hindi) a military cooking-pot.
drainer someone or something that drains.
eggbeater a utensil for beating eggs.
eggwhisk a whisk for beating eggs.
fork a pronged implement (verb) to work with a fork; to branch
forklike like a fork.
freezer a freezing apparatus.
frier a pan or container for frying.
fryer a pan or container for frying.
frypan a frying-pan.
gasogene an apparatus for carbonating water.
gazogene an apparatus for carbonating water.
grater one that grates.
griddle an iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes; (verb) to cook on a griddle.
griller a person who or thing which grills.
hibachi (Japanese) a portable barbecue for cooking food out of doors.
housewares wares used in the house.
juicer a gadget for making fruit-juice.
kadai (Hindi) a wok-like copper utensil used in Asian cookery; a dish prepared in this.
karahi (Hindi) a wok-like copper utensil used in Asian cookery; a dish prepared in this.
kettle a vessel for boiling liquids; (verb) to confine in an enclosed space.
ladle a type of spoon; (verb) to lift out with a ladle.
lanx (Arch.) a platter.
mano a stone roller used in Mexico etc. for grinding maize a kind of clam with a soft shell
meataxe a meat cleaver.
meatscreen a metal screen behind roasting meat, to throw back the fire's heat on it.
metate (Nahuatl) in Mexico etc., a stone with a concave surface used in conjunction with a mano for grinding maize.
mezzaluna a half-moon shaped kitchen chopper.
milsey (Scots) a milk-strainer.
mincer one that minces.
molinet (Fr.) a stick used to whip drinking chocolate in the 18th century.
napery table and other household linen.
parer an instrument for paring eg apples.
pattypan a pan for baking patties; a variety of squash.
pestle an instrument for pounding or grinding; (verb) to grind with a pestle.
piedish a deep dish in which pies are made.
posnet a cooking-pot.
ricer a cooking utensil for forcing potatoes etc. through perforations to give a granulated effect like rice.
roaster a pan or dish in which meat etc. may be roasted.
rotisserie (Fr.) a cooking apparatus incorporating a spit.
saltshaker a saltcellar.
saucepan a cooking utensil.
scalepan one of the two pans in a pair of scales.
seltzogene a gazogene, an apparatus for carbonating water.
skewer a long pin of wood or metal, esp for holding pieces of meat together for cooking; (verb) to pierce with a long pin, as meat.
skillet a frying-pan.
smokejack a contrivance for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.
soupspoon a spoon for eating soup.
spatula (Lat.) a broad, blunt, flexible blade or flattened spoon.
spatule (Lat.) a broad, blunt, flexible blade or flattened spoon.
spirtle a wooden stick for stirring porridge.
spoon a type of eating utensil; (verb) to take up with a spoon
spoonlike like a spoon.
spork (Tradename) a spoon-like shallow scoop with the addition of the tines of a fork.
spurtle a wooden stick for stirring porridge.
stewpan a pan in which stew is made.
strainer a utensil used to separate liquids from solids.
tagine a conical clay pot used in N. African cooking.
tajine a conical clay pot used in N. African cooking.
tava (Hindi) a griddle in Indian cookery.
tavah (Hindi) a griddle in Indian cookery.
tawa (Hindi) a griddle in Indian cookery.
teaspoon a small spoon.
teaware a tea service.
tenderiser a pounding instrument or substance that tenderises meat.
thawer an ice-melting agent or apparatus.
thible a porridge-stick.
thivel a porridge-stick.
trencher an edible plate and platter made of bread.
turnbroach a turnspit.
utensil an instrument; an implement; esp an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business.
waribashi (Japanese) a pair of chopsticks in the form of a single sliver of wood ready scored for splitting in two.
wock (Chinese) a pan used in Chinese cookery.
wok (Chinese) a pan used in Chinese cookery.
zester a utensil scraped across the surface of an orange or lemon to remove the zest.