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chopstick

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈt͡ʃɒp.stɪk/Part of speech nounSorted cchikopstStarts with CEnds with K0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with

Word origin

Apparently a compound of chop + stick, but the sense of the first element is not clear. The eating utensil sense (attested since 1637) is presumably a transfer of sense from the earlier fishing tackle sense (attested from 1615), based on physical resemblance.

Used in a sentence

  • These Sticks are called by the Chinese Quay-tse, and by some of our Voyagers Chopsticks, which they manage so dexterously that they can take up a grain of rice with them.
  • When not used, the chopsticks must be laid on the table, side by side, exactly pointing away from the individual[.]
  • We ate chow-chow with chop-sticks in the celestial restaurants; […]

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