noun

chopstick

CHAHP-stik/ˈtʃɑːpstɪk/

One of a pair of slender sticks used together to pick up food.

The chopsticks lift a dumpling from the bowl.

Close view correct hand grips pair of plain wooden chopsticks, upper stick manipulated by fingers and lower supported stable, lifting one dumpling from small bowl.

Etymology

The name identifies the paired eating sticks, but chop is uncertain. It may reflect a word meaning “urgent” in a partial translation of the Chinese name, or an English word associated with the mouth or eating.

In context

ORCA Media31:15

don't cross your chopstick which is also a symbol associated with death use the other end of the chopsticks to take food from a common dish

Off The Beaten Path - Cultural Observations from a Month in Japan

More examples

She held the chopsticks lightly.
He used a pair of chopsticks to pick up a dumpling.
A wooden chopstick lay beside the bowl.

Forms

chopstick · chopsticks

Similar words

utensil: Utensil is the broad tool category; a chopstick works as one of a pair for picking up food.
skewer: A skewer pierces food; chopsticks usually grip it between two sticks.