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Spoon Spuːn Remove Slotted Sugar Noun Bre Soup

Word spoon
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / spuːn / NAmE / spuːn /
Example
  • a soup spoon
  • a wooden spoon
  • remove the onion from the oil with a slotted spoon.
  • i stirred my coffee with the sugar spoon.
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spoon

(noun)BrE / spuːn / NAmE / spuːn /
  1. a tool that has a handle with a shallow bowl at the end, used for stirring, serving and eating food
    • see also dessertspoon
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/dessertspoon
    • a soup spoon
    • a wooden spoon
    • Remove the onion from the oil with a slotted spoon.
    • = spoonful
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/spoonful
  2. having rich parents

    3. Extra Examples

    • I stirred my coffee with the sugar spoon.
    • Remove the onions with a slotted spoon.
    • The children argued over who should lick the spoon.
    • a 5 ml measuring spoon
    • two spoons of sugar

    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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