as in scoops
a utensil with a bowl and a handle that is used especially in cooking and serving food
an assortment of metal and wooden spoons should be part of every cook's culinary arsenal
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as in buckets
to lift out with something that holds liquid
lovingly spooned the homemade stew out of the pot
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Recent Examples of spoons
The Know, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
There were rarely more than three or four casts between strikes and there were places along the shore, where snags lay thick or grass beds provided cover, that sent a fish out to each cast as surely as the spoons touched the water.
—Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
This set is gentle on your non-stick cookware and includes a variety of spoons for all your cooking needs.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Like knives and wooden spoons, a cutting board is one of the most-reached for items in the kitchen.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
Her baby's father answered the door with his eyes bugging out, and Frierson barged in to find two other guys, needles, spoons and powder on the table.
—Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
The other characters were talking about spoons and placements, while Peggy was grieving her child.
—Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
Anita noticed something unusual about her spoons.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Boxed cereal, once the king of American breakfast tables and a defining fixture of Generation X childhoods, is rapidly losing appeal, especially among Gen Z, who seem to be trading their cereal spoons for smoothies, eggs, and mental clarity.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
Remove the marrow from the bones with marrow spoons or butter knives.
—The Know, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
There were rarely more than three or four casts between strikes and there were places along the shore, where snags lay thick or grass beds provided cover, that sent a fish out to each cast as surely as the spoons touched the water.
—Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
This set is gentle on your non-stick cookware and includes a variety of spoons for all your cooking needs.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Like knives and wooden spoons, a cutting board is one of the most-reached for items in the kitchen.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
Her baby's father answered the door with his eyes bugging out, and Frierson barged in to find two other guys, needles, spoons and powder on the table.
—Brad Schmitt, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
The other characters were talking about spoons and placements, while Peggy was grieving her child.
—Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
Anita noticed something unusual about her spoons.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Boxed cereal, once the king of American breakfast tables and a defining fixture of Generation X childhoods, is rapidly losing appeal, especially among Gen Z, who seem to be trading their cereal spoons for smoothies, eggs, and mental clarity.
—Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoons
scoops
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Truth Teller reporters repeatedly go undercover to nail down relatively trivial scoops, appearing, in the process, to flagrantly violate the Society of Professional Journalists’ ethical guidelines.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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The bike also gets clip-on handlebars, as well as large aerodynamic wing scoops integrated into the unconventional bodywork in that effort.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Spoons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoons. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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