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(Australia, New Zealand) A spork that is sharp along one edge or both edges, enabling it to be used as a knife, a fork and a spoon..
◆ small, flat soft plastic spoons ◆ use of a ‘splade’ instead of a fork ◆ cutlery with a large soft handle for easier grip
2002, Morven F Ball, Developmental Coordination Disorder http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1843100908&id=C1yzHzIrgxMC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&sig=_LRarnsyr-a6oZswikqcT1NFOIE A splade (see Figure 7.2) can be used if there is a problem with coordinating a knife and fork.
At even the best dinner parties a splade (an implement combining a spoon, a fork, and a blunt blade) was used to load the food from lap to lip.
Use splade when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Splade means (Australia, New Zealand) A spork that is sharp along one edge or both edges, enabling it to be used as a knife, a fork and a spoon..
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◆ small, flat soft plastic spoons ◆ use of a ‘splade’ instead of a fork ◆ cutlery with a large soft handle for easier grip
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