spoon

noun

/spuːn/

Idioms

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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 Dictionary
adjective
- slotted
- serving
- soup
- …
verb + spoon
- pick up
- put down
- hold
- …
preposition
- spoon of
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(also spoonful)
the amount that a spoon can hold
- two spoons of sugar
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- slotted
- serving
- soup
- …
verb + spoon
- pick up
- put down
- hold
- …
preposition
- spoon of
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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

(saying) having rich parents

spoon

verb

/spuːn/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they spoon	/spuːn/ /spuːn/
he / she / it spoons	/spuːnz/ /spuːnz/
past simple spooned	/spuːnd/ /spuːnd/
past participle spooned	/spuːnd/ /spuːnd/
-ing form spooning	/ˈspuːnɪŋ/ /ˈspuːnɪŋ/

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spoon something + adv./prep. to lift and move food with a spoon
- She spooned the sauce over the chicken pieces.
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.