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1. (n.) spoon
a utensil for use in eating, stirring, measuring, ladling, etc., consisting of a small, shallow bowl with a handle.
2. spoon
any of various implements, objects, or parts resembling or suggesting this.
3. spoon
a spoonful.
4. spoon
a fishing lure consisting of a bright spoon-shaped piece of metal.
5. (v.t.) spoon
to eat with, take up, or transfer in or as if in a spoon.
6. spoon
to hollow out or shape like a spoon.
7. spoon
to push or shove (a ball) with a lifting motion, as in golf.
8. spoon
to hit (a ball) up in the air, as in cricket.
9. (v.i.) spoon
Informal. to show affection or love, esp. in an openly sentimental way.
10. spoon
to spoon a ball.
11. spoon
to fish with a spoon.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE spōn chip, splinter, c. MLG, OHG spān, ON spōnn, spānn)
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| Definition of 'spoon' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) spoon
a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
2. (noun) spoon, spoonful
as much as a spoon will hold
"he added two spoons of sugar"
3. (verb) spoon
formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
4. (verb) spoon
scoop up or take up with a spoon
"spoon the sauce over the roast"
5. (verb) smooch, spoon
snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others
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1. (noun) spoon
a tool for eating or stirring, with one end like a shallow bowl
a knife, fork, and spoon
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) spoon
an implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food
2. (noun) spoon
anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait
3. (noun) spoon
fig.: A simpleton; a spooney
4. (verb) spoon
see Spoom
5. (verb) spoon
to take up in, or as in, a spoon
6. (verb) spoon
to act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love
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Sense: an instrument shaped like a shallow bowl with a handle for lifting food (especially soup or pudding) to the mouth, or for stirring tea, coffee etc
a teaspoon/soup-spoon.
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 Afrikaans: lepel |
 Arabic: مِلْعَقَه |
 Bulgarian: лъжица |
 Brazilian: colher |
 Czech: lžíce, lžička |
 German: der Löffel |
 Danish: ske; -ske |
 Greek: κουτάλι |
 Spanish: cuchara |
 Estonian: lusikas |
 Farsi: قاشق |
 Finnish: lusikka |
 French: cuiller |
 Hebrew: כַּף |
 Hindi: चम्मच |
 Croatian: žlica |
 Hungarian: kanál |
 Indonesian: sendok |
 Icelandic: (mat-/te-/súpu)skeið |
 Italian: cucchiaio |
 Japanese: スプーン |
 Korean: 숟가락 |
 Lithuanian: šaukštas |
 Latvian: karote |
 Malay: sudu |
 Dutch: lepel |
 Norwegian: skje |
 Polish: łyżka |
 Portuguese: colher |
 Romanian: lingură |
 Russian: ложка |
 Slovak: lyžica |
 Slovenian: žlica |
 Serbian: kašika |
 Swedish: sked |
 Thai: ช้อน |
 Turkish: kaşık |
 Taiwanese: 調羹，匙 |
 Ukrainian: ложка |
 Urdu: چمچہ |
 Vietnamese: cái thìa |
 Chinese: 调羹，匙 |
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