Splade

Quick meaning: Splade is a noun meaning (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.

Meaning

(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.

Example Sentences

◆ small, flat soft plastic spoons ◆ use of a ‘splade’ instead of a fork ◆ cutlery with a large soft handle for easier grip

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.

Word Forms

• splades
• splayd

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spork, spife, sporf, slice, spoonula, spoon.

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