a small spoon (smaller than a teaspoon) for stirring coffee
coffee spoon in American English
noun
a small spoon used with demitasse cups
Word origin
[1695–1705]This word is first recorded in the period 1695–1705. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: caisson, chaise, nonresistant, pinwheel, piston
Examples of 'coffee spoon' in a sentence
coffee spoon
I see nothing uncouth or improper in using a coffee spoon to scoop up the sludge left by modern celebrity coffee.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Today we measure out our lives not in coffee spoons but in pop songs.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A poet once said that our lives are measured out by coffee spoons.
The Sun (2018)
We no longer measure out our lives in coffee spoons.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
She is especially thrilled by the tiny coffee spoons she has sourced for the salon.