spoon
/spuːn/ noun A2- An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
- An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
- A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
- An oar.
- A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.
- A spoon excavator.
- A South African shrub of the genus Spatalla.
- A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
Plural spoons
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“I thank you from the depths of my heart,” said the young man, taking the spoon from the hands of Monte Cristo.
The count took another spoon, and again dipped it into the golden box.
“Why, this article,” I said, pointing at it with my egg spoon as I sat down to my breakfast.
“We quarrelled last March—just before _he_ went mad, you know—” (pointing with his tea spoon at the March Hare,) “—it was at the great concert given by the Queen of Hearts, and I had to sing
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