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A tool you trust enough to put in your mouth.
means An implement, especially for kitchen or table use, designed to help you prepare or eat food.
from From Latin utensilis, meaning fit for use, sprouting from uti, to use — the same root that gave us utility and utensils of every drawer.
Fork's late arrivalForks scandalized Europe as effete until the 1700s.
Spork lineageThe spork was patented decades before it was named.
Broad reachTechnically includes any household tool, not just cutlery.