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# spoon

noun (spoon, spoons); verb (spoon, spoons, spooned, spooning)

«spoon» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A spoon is a small tool with a round, shallow end and a handle, used for eating, serving or stirring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoon/#m1)
2. A spoon (a spoonful) is the amount a spoon holds: a spoon of sugar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoon/#m2)
3. To spoon food is to move it with a spoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoon/#m3)

### In the lessons

a thing on the table that is not a fruit; in cooking teaspoons and tablespoons are measures; in everyday life setting the table with knives, forks and spoons; in science a metal spoon in hot soup gets hot (metal carries heat)

### Examples

- I put three spoons on the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoon/#x1)
- There are 5 spoons in the drawer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoon/#x2)
- Lily washes 8 spoons and 4 forks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoon/#x3)
- Eat your soup with a spoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoon/#x4)
- Add one spoon of honey to the tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoon/#x5)
- Stir the paint with an old spoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoon/#x6)
- A metal spoon gets hot in hot soup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoon/#x7)
- Mum spooned the beans onto my plate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoon/#x8)
- "At all events leave with us your silver spoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoon/#x9)

### Note

The thing being counted; carries no operation clue. Trap: spoons are not fruit, so they are left out of «how many fruits». «a spoon of sugar» counts the sugar by spoonfuls, not spoons. Plural «spoons».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «spoon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«spoon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/spoon.html) on Mova free.