as in spoon
a utensil with a bowl and a handle that is used especially in cooking and serving food
the metal dipper left in the stew pot was too hot to touch
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Recent Examples of dipper
Authorities say the items include the Rotisserie Chicken Salad and Gourmet Grape Chicken Salad sold in the store's deli department display as well as pre-packaged products, which include chicken salad sandwiches, croissants, pitas, and dippers.
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Dan Raby, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
It is packaged in a yellow honeycomb carton with a honey pot and dipper on the front.
—Sondra Hernandez, Houston Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2026
We’ve been known to fancy a Chili’s triple dipper, split after work Bloomin’ Onion from Outback Steakhouse or go all in with the never-ending salad and breadsticks at Olive Garden, but today Lobsterfest was calling our name.
—Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
Gather your condiments together and label them, then add your dippers at the other end of the platter.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Feb. 2026
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Dan Raby, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
It is packaged in a yellow honeycomb carton with a honey pot and dipper on the front.
—Sondra Hernandez, Houston Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2026
We’ve been known to fancy a Chili’s triple dipper, split after work Bloomin’ Onion from Outback Steakhouse or go all in with the never-ending salad and breadsticks at Olive Garden, but today Lobsterfest was calling our name.
—Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
Gather your condiments together and label them, then add your dippers at the other end of the platter.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for dipper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dipper
spoon
Noun
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Giggling, the girls ordered a pint of watermelon ice cream, requested three spoons, and dropped their last dime into the tip jar.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Badtz-Maru color-changing spoon.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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“Dipper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dipper. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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