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English noun: spoon | |||
| 1. | spoon (artifact) a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | container, cutlery, eating utensil | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dessert spoon, runcible spoon, soup spoon, soupspoon, sugar shell, sugar spoon, tablespoon, tea maker, teaspoon, wooden spoon | ||
| 2. | spoon (quantity) as much as a spoon will hold | ||
| Samples | He added two spoons of sugar. | ||
| Synonyms | spoonful | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | containerful | ||
| 3. | spoon (artifact) formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wood | ||
English verb: spoon | |||
| 1. | spoon (contact) scoop up or take up with a spoon | ||
| Samples | Spoon the sauce over the roast. | ||
| Examples | The women spoon water into the bowl | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | remove, take, take away, withdraw | ||
| Entail | immerse, plunge | ||
| 2. | spoon (contact) snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others | ||
| Synonyms | smooch | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | make out, neck | ||
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