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spoon
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43 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. spoon
  2. spoon-back
  3. spoon-billed
  4. spoon-billed duck
  5. spoon-billed sandpiper
  6. spoon bit
  7. spoon bow
  8. spoon bread
  9. spoon chisel
  10. spoon end
  11. spoon-fashion
  12. spoon-feed
  13. spoon foot
  14. spoon meat
  15. spoon nail
  16. spoon oar
  17. spoon shovel
  18. spoon tool
  19. apostle spoon
  20. baffing spoon
  21. berry spoon
  22. bonbon spoon
  23. bouillon spoon
  24. coffee spoon
  25. combustion spoon
  26. cream-soup spoon
  27. deflagrating spoon
  28. golden spoon
  29. grapefruit spoon
  30. greasy spoon

1spoon

noun \ˈspün\

Definition of SPOON

1
: an eating or cooking implement consisting of a small shallow bowl with a relatively long handle
2
: something (as a tool or fishing lure) that resembles a spoon in shape
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Examples of SPOON

  1. <an assortment of metal and wooden spoons should be part of every cook's culinary arsenal>

Origin of SPOON

Middle English, from Old English spōn splinter, chip; akin to Old High German spān splinter, chip
First Known Use: 14th century

Related to SPOON

Synonyms
dipper, ladle, scoop

Rhymes with SPOON

boon, Boone, coon, croon, dune, goon, June, loon, lune, moon, noon, prune, rune, soon, swoon, toon, tune

2spoon

verb

Definition of SPOON

transitive verb
: to take up and usually transfer in a spoon
intransitive verb
[perhaps from the Welsh custom of an engaged man's presenting his fiancée with an elaborately carved wooden spoon] : to make love by caressing, kissing, and talking amorously : neck
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Examples of SPOON

  1. She spooned the gravy onto her potatoes.
  2. He spooned the ice cream into a bowl.

First Known Use of SPOON

1715

Related to SPOON

Synonyms
bucket, lade, ladle, scoop, dip

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