Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Small sticks of wood or ivory resembling lead pencils, but generally longer and slightly tapering, used by the Chinese, Japanese, and Coreans in eating, instead of knives and forks.
  • singular In deep-sea fishing-tackle, a cross-stick, fastened to the line above the sinker, from which the short lines bearing the hooks are hung.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a pair of slender sticks made of wood, ivory, plastic, etc., used chiefly by the Chinese and Japanese to lift food into the mouth while dining; -- also commonly used around the world by persons of Oriental heritage or in restaurants serving oriental food.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Plural form of chopstick. This word most often occurs in the plural.

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Examples

  • Serving as a middleman between the steamers and the chopsticks is a basic cushion.

    Chopstick/Steamer Stool by Ryan Horsman and Jason Dembski 2009

  • An adept hand with a pair of chopsticks is amazingly useful when removing a bit of random detritus from the garbage disposal.

    An open letter to Albert Payson Terhune: matociquala 2008

  • In the first scene take chopsticks from the waiter.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • Liam - who branded fashion models "chopsticks" - always used touring with his band as an opportunity to indulge in his love of shopping - unlike his guitarist brother Noel, who recently quit the group.

    ContactMusic Ltd | Latest News 2009

  • Never rest your chopsticks horizontally on top of your plate or bowl - The plate forms a circle, which is pronounced "en," which can also mean "relationship," and so symbolically crossing out the "relationship" with your chopsticks is an offense to your dining partner

    Archive 2005-05-01 2005

  • Never rest your chopsticks horizontally on top of your plate or bowl - The plate forms a circle, which is pronounced "en," which can also mean "relationship," and so symbolically crossing out the "relationship" with your chopsticks is an offense to your dining partner

    Five Ways To Become a Social Outcast in Japan 2005

  • My chopsticks were the best, silver too, each pair connected by a little chain, so they could never be separated, never lost.

    The Kitchen God's wife Tan, Amy 1991

  • And so now the "chopsticks" are in their hands and I am getting some much needed food and rest in those areas.... and allowing me to spend more time in other needful areas.

    Archive 2010-01-01 Alex Tang 2010

  • My Way News - Man pulls snake from car engine with 'chopsticks': There were a couple of things wrong with Katie Prewitt's Geo Tracker.

    Snakes in a Car Bill Crider 2009

  • My Way News - Man pulls snake from car engine with 'chopsticks': There were a couple of things wrong with Katie Prewitt's Geo Tracker.

    Archive 2009-08-02 Bill Crider 2009

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