spoon
Other forms: spoons; spooning; spooned
If it's not a fork or a knife, it’s probably a spoon. The curviest utensil in the drawer, a spoon is good for scooping soup, ice cream, or anything else that might fall through the slats on a fork.
The small bowl-like end of a spoon is ideal for scooping and holding small amounts of soft or liquid foods. You couldn't eat your soup with a fork, and it would be challenging to get pudding into your mouth without a spoon. You can use spoon as a verb, too: "I watched her spoon cereal into her mouth while she watched cartoons." It also means "to lie together cuddled like two spoons."
Definitions of spoon
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a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
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dessert spoon
a spoon larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon
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runcible spoon
a fork-like spoon with a cutting edge; coined by Edward Lear
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soup spoon, soupspoon
a spoon with a rounded bowl for eating soup
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sugar shell, sugar spoon
a spoon for serving sugar; often made in the shape of a seashell
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tablespoon
a spoon larger than a dessert spoon; used for serving
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tea maker
a covered spoon with perforations
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teaspoon
a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee; holds about one fluid dram
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wooden spoon
a spoon made of wood
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iced-tea spoon
a teaspoon with a long handle
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type of:
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container
any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
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cutlery, eating utensil
tableware implements for cutting and eating food
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as much as a spoon will hold“he added two spoons of sugar”
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synonyms:
spoonful
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containerful
the quantity that a container will hold
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containerful
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formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
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wood
a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head
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wood
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scoop up or take up with a spoon
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snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others
Pronunciation
US
/spun/
UK
/spun/
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