spoon

Definition

• n. a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
• n. as much as a spoon will hold
• n. formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
• v. scoop up or take up with a spoon

Word forms

Past tense

spooned

Present participle

spooning

Past participle

spooned

Third person singular

spoons

Example sentences

1. n.

   I used a spoon to eat my cereal this morning.

2. vt.

   He spooned some sugar into his tea.