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. |