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spoon

/ spoon /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
Type of:
container cutlery eating utensil
Kinds of:
dessert spoon runcible spoon soupspoon soup spoon sugar spoon
noun Sense 2
formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
Type of:
wood
noun Sense 3
as much as a spoon will hold
"he added two spoons of sugar"
Type of:
containerful
verb Sense 4
scoop up or take up with a spoon
"spoon the sauce over the roast"
Type of:
remove take take away
Derived:
spoonful
Entails:
immerse plunge
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others
Type of:
neck make out
Derived:
snogging caressing cuddling fondling hugging
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
79%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
23
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

container cutlery eating utensil dessert spoon runcible spoon soupspoon soup spoon sugar spoon wood containerful remove take