SPOON
What does "SPOON" mean?
An eating or cooking utensil with a small shallow bowl on a handle.
Meanings
- A utensil consisting of a shallow bowl at the end of a handle, used for eating, stirring, or serving. He stirred two sugars into the coffee with a long spoon.
- The quantity a spoon holds; a spoonful. Add a spoon of honey to soothe the tea. informal
- To lie close together front-to-back, mirroring each other's curves. They spooned under the blanket while the rain drummed the roof. informal
Did you know?
- The word 'spoon' began as Old English 'spon', a chip or splinter of wood: the earliest spoons were carved wooden slivers, and only later did the name narrow to the eating utensil.
Word origin
From Old English 'spon', meaning a chip or splinter of wood; early spoons were carved slivers, and the sense narrowed to the eating utensil.
Remember it
SPOON scoops with its round OO bowl right in the center.
A little poem
Small silver crescent-
it carries the whole warm sea
of soup to your lips.
haiku
What it teaches
Even the smallest bowl can carry the whole meal one careful scoop at a time.
Quick facts
What does SPOON mean?
An eating or cooking utensil with a small shallow bowl on a handle.
Is SPOON a valid word?
Yes — SPOON is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SPOON?
SPOON has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SPOON come from?
From Old English 'spon', meaning a chip or splinter of wood; early spoons were carved slivers, and the sense narrowed to the eating utensil.
What can SPOON teach us?
Even the smallest bowl can carry the whole meal one careful scoop at a time.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.