spoon

Noun
  1. A piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle;
    Used to stir or serve or take up food (synset 104291140)
    is a type of:
    • container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
    • cutlery, eating utensil - tableware implements for cutting and eating food
    subtypes:
    • dessert spoon - a spoon larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon
    • runcible spoon - a fork-like spoon with a cutting edge; coined by Edward Lear
    • soup spoon, soupspoon - a spoon with a rounded bowl for eating soup
    • sugar shell, sugar spoon - a spoon for serving sugar; often made in the shape of a seashell
    • tablespoon - a spoon larger than a dessert spoon; used for serving
    • tea maker - a covered spoon with perforations
    • teaspoon - a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee; holds about one fluid dram
    • wooden spoon - a spoon made of wood
  2. As much as a spoon will hold (synset 113792309)
    "he added two spoons of sugar"
    is a type of: containerful - the quantity that a container will hold
    same as: spoonful
  3. Formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face (synset 104291479)
    is a type of: wood - a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head
Verb
  1. Scoop up or take up with a spoon (synset 201582471)
    "spoon the sauce over the roast"
    entail: immerse, plunge - thrust or throw into
    is a type of: remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
  2. Snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others (synset 201428360)
    is a type of: make out, neck - kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
    same as: smooch

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