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spoon

noun

1 spoon

A piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food.

Roget 191: receptacle; inclosure etc. 232; recipient, receiver, reservatory.    compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, ... show more

Roget 633: machinery, mechanism, engineering.    instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill; air engine, ... show more

Dutch: lepel
Polish: łyżka

2 spoon

As much as a spoon will hold:
— He added two spoons of sugar.

synonym: spoonful.

Dutch: lepelvol, lepel
Polish: łyżeczka

3 spoon

Formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face.

verb

1 spoon

Scoop up or take up with a spoon.

Roget 902: caress, fondle, pet, dandle; pat, pat on the head, pat on the cheek; chuck under the chin, smile upon, coax, wheedle, cosset, coddle, cocker, ... show more

2 spoon

Snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others.

synonym: smooch.


Moby thesaurus: administer, bail, bill and coo, blockhead, bucket, cluck, copulate, cup, cutlery, dally, deal, deal out, decant, dimwit, dining utensils, dip, disburse, dish, dish out, dish up ... show more.

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