dippers

plural of dipper
as in spoons
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 dippers Try the homemade tartar sauce or another of our favorite seafood dippers. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 9 July 2026 Serve with dippers such as pita bread, carrots, tomatoes, peppers, radishes, and/or and celery. Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 16 June 2026 Designed for sharing and connection at the table, the Big Night Out experience includes cheese fondue paired with artisan breads and fresh dippers, a salad course, premium entrée fondue and a chocolate fondue finale served with sweet treats and fresh fruit. Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2026 Serve with baby romaine lettuce leaves, chips, or other dippers of choice. Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 June 2026 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. Dan Raby, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026 Every time stocks take a step back in reaction to bad news, a relentless wave of buy-the-dippers has sent them back upward again. Jim Edwards, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026 Today, Sunnie snack pack dippers, like Flatbread Pizza and S’more, increase their presence not just in natural grocery stores, but today entering 500 Target stores in every state across the US. Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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spoons
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  • Forks and spoons, tables and chairs, tea-pots and entire houses—books too—were all to be designed towards both practicality and beauty.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Fishing for striped bass near this kind of structure can be productive in the summer and fall, sometimes by employing vertical jigging with hefty spoons or soft plastics to entice fish patrolling the bottom.
    Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

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