Here the "kitchen utensils" are "pots" and the word "return" is the clue to the reversal required to turn "pots" into "stop". If this clue were for a words going downwards the word "return" may be replaced by "come up" or simply "up". Write the letters of "STOP" vertically downwards and you will see that they spell "POTS" when read upwards.
You can see how easy it would be to use any combination of devices C D E F together to build up a long word from smaller words, backward words or individual letters.