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Noun: spoon  spoon
  1. A piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir, serve or take up food
     
  2. As much as a spoon will hold
    "he added two spoons of sugar";
    - spoonful
     
  3. Formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
     
  4. (fishing) a type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a table spoon
Verb: spoon  spoon
  1. Scoop up or take up with a spoon
    "spoon the sauce over the roast"
     
  2. Snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others

Derived forms: spooning, spoons, spooned

Type of: container, containerful, cutlery, eating utensil, make out [informal], neck [informal], pash [Austral, NZ, informal], remove, take, take away, withdraw, wood

Encyclopedia: Spoon, Mark