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Spoon Spuːn Noun Plastic/Metal Soup Wait Chocolate Melts

Word3 spoon
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /spuːn/ /spuːn/
Example
  • a plastic/metal spoon
  • a soup spoon
  • wait until the chocolate melts completely, stirring with a spoon.
  • press the top down gently with the back of a spoon.
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spoon

(noun)/spuːn/ /spuːn/
  1. a tool that has a handle with a shallow bowl at the end, used for mixing, serving and eating food
    • SEE ALSO dessertspoon
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/dessertspoon
    • a plastic/metal spoon
    • a soup spoon
    • Wait until the chocolate melts completely, stirring with a spoon.
    • Press the top down gently with the back of a spoon.
    • Thai food is eaten with a spoon.

    Extra Examples

    • I stirred my coffee with the sugar spoon.
    • The children argued over who should lick the spoon.
    • a 5 ml measuring spoon
  2. the amount that a spoon can hold
    • two spoons of sugar
  3. having rich parents
  4. Word Origin

    • Old English spōn ‘chip of wood’, of Germanic origin; related to German Span ‘shaving’. The current noun sense is of Scandinavian origin. The verb dates from the early 18th cent.
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