Spoon

Quick meaning: Spoon is a noun meaning An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.

Meaning

An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.

More Meanings

1. An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
2. A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
3. (golf, archaic) A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern fairway wood.
4. (fishing) A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.
5. (dentistry, informal) A spoon excavator.
6. A South African shrub of the genus Spatalla.
7. (slang) An oar.

Example Sentences

He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.

But if you're running low on spoons, take some time out to recharge.

We therefore have to meticulously plan out each day with the small amount of spoons we have. Each task will cost us at least one spoon.

To get all the advantages of being with men of this sort, you must know how to draw your inferences and not be a spoon who takes things literally.

Word Forms

• spoons
• spooning
• spooned

Synonyms for spoon

Depending on context, synonyms include snog, smooch, spoonful.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spoonful, smooch, snog, spatula, teaspoon, ladle.

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