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Definition of spoon noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

spoon

noun
 
 
/spuːn/
 
/spuːn/
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  1.  
     a tool that has a handle with a shallow bowl at the end, used for mixing, serving and eating food
    • 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.
    see also dessertspoon, egg-and-spoon race, greasy spoon, measuring spoon, slotted spoon, tablespoon, teaspoon, wooden 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
    Topics Cooking and eatinga2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • slotted
    • serving
    • soup
    • …
    verb + spoon
    • pick up
    • put down
    • hold
    • …
    preposition
    • spoon of
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  2. (also spoonful)
     the amount that a spoon can hold
    • two spoons of sugar
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • slotted
    • serving
    • soup
    • …
    verb + spoon
    • pick up
    • put down
    • hold
    • …
    preposition
    • spoon of
    See full entry
    3. Word OriginOld 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.
Idioms
born with a silver spoon in your mouth
  1. (saying) having rich parents
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