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# spork

noun (a spork, sporks)

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

## Everyday

A spork is a plastic or metal eating tool that is a spoon and a fork in one: a spoon shape with short prongs at the tip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spork/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, sporks come with take-away food, lunch boxes and camping kits. The word is a blend (portmanteau) of "spoon" and "fork", like "brunch" from breakfast and lunch — useful for English lessons on how words are made. In the Toy Story 4 film, the character Forky is made from a spork.

### Examples

- I ate my salad with a plastic spork. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spork/#x1)
- Camping kits often include a spork. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spork/#x2)
- A spork is a spoon and a fork joined together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spork/#x3)
- "Spork" is made by blending the words "spoon" and "fork". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spork/#x4)
- The spork wasn't good for soup — the soup ran through the gaps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spork/#x5)
- Forky in Toy Story 4 is made from a spork. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spork/#x6)
- Bring a reusable spork instead of a plastic one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spork/#x7)

### Note

Countable: sporks. A blend word (spoon + fork), like smog (smoke + fog) and brunch. There is also a "splayd" in Australia: a spoon, fork and knife in one.

## On Mova

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