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Synonyms for spoon

Grammar : Verb
Spell : spoon
Phonetic Transcription : spun

Définition of spoon

Origin :
  • Old English spon "chip, shaving," from Proto-Germanic *spænuz (cf. Old Norse spann, sponn "chip, splinter," Swedish spån "a wooden spoon," Old Frisian spon, Middle Dutch spaen, Dutch spaan, Old High German span, German Span "chip, splinter"), from PIE *spe- "long, flat piece of wood" (cf. Greek sphen "wedge").
  • The meaning "eating utensil" is c.1300 in English (in Old English such a thing might be a metesticca), probably from Old Norse sponn, which meant "spoon" as well as "chip, tile" (development of the "eating utensil" sense is specific to Middle English and Scandinavian, though Middle Low German spon also meant "wooden spatula"). Spoon-feed is from 1610s; figurative sense is attested by 1864. To be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth is from 1801.
  • verb neck
Example sentences :
  • He had been examining a glass, a spoon and some other objects so quietly that I had not heard.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Jack Bates looked up from emptying the third spoon of sugar into his coffee.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • Do not use a spoon, as that will not loosen the grains sufficiently.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Boil them fast till they go all to pieces, and stir and mash them with a spoon.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Every man retired from the spoon, as Clennam did, cowed and baffled.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • For to lose what is within reach of his spoon is hard indeed for any boy to bear.
  • Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
  • Ho Sian Gu has a spoon, usually formed in the shape of a lotus-flower.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • They eat the Sagamity as we eat soup, with a spoon made of a buffalo's horn.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • The girl (see her) knew what journalists were, and refused to spoon.
  • Extract from : « Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date » by Anonymous
  • Make the paste so light that you may take it up with a spoon.
  • Extract from : « The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; » by Charlotte Campbell Bury

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