: one of a pair of slender sticks (as of wood or plastic) held between the thumb and fingers and used to lift food to the mouth
Never spear food with a chopstick! If you're having trouble picking up your food, a spoon is your plan B.—Laura Barry
—usually used in plural
To eat rice, both etiquette and practicality dictate that you use chopsticks to pick up a morsel of meat, fish, or whatever …; position it over the rice bowl, allowing its juices or sauce to drip into the rice; eat the morsel; then shovel some rice into your mouth with the chopsticks.—Saveur
"… I do get uncomfortable when people use chopsticks for every Asian food. Traditionally, I may use chopsticks when my food is served in a soup bowl with noodles or rice, but we often use forks and spoons for our dishes. …"—Darrell Loo, quoted in Feast
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Examples of chopstick in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThe music is by way of clicking chopsticks and murmurs of appreciation.—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 26 June 2024 Add Filling: Using the handle of a wooden spoon, a straw, or chopsticks to poke holes through the cake about 1 inch apart.—Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2024 For now, grab your forks — and definitely your chopsticks — and dig into these.—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 13 June 2024 Mix together with a pair of chopsticks until all the flakes come together in a shaggy ball.—Gretchen McKay, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chopstick
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