to spoon

Examples

• All

• Twist, pull it out and spoon out the good stuff, then eat it.

  Hasan Minhaj

• You want me to spoon this onto the plates?

  The Oranges (2011)

• And then you just kind of spoon it and then eat.

• I think the best way to do that with children is to spoon feed them.

• Place half the chips in each pan, then spoon the bean mixture over them.

  Fiction book (1993)

• And now I think it's time to spoon the mixture into the baking tins.

• And then you're going to spoon out all this deliciousness.

• So I fetched a wooden bowl from the table and spooned soup into it.

  Fiction book (1994)

• With the kettle already simmering, Ben took the plate and spooned it full of food.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Already she had spooned some of her avocado mousse into his ridiculous open mouth.

  Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

L

to ladle

vsto spoon

4 3.4

To put soup or stew into bowls using a large deep spoon

is used for moving serving or eating with ordinary utensils not deep serving tools

D

to dish up

vsto spoon

• Informal

3 2.2

To serve food onto plates for people to eat

is used with a shallow eating utensil rather than general plating methods

S

to sup

vsto spoon

• Archaic

1 9.9

To take small amounts of liquid or soft food into the mouth slowly

is used for moving serving or eating generally not only small sips

Idioms

E

to eat it up with a spoon

• Informal

1 8.2

Enjoy something a lot, like a show or tasty food

Compounds

G

greasy spoon

• Informal

6 5.1

A small cheap restaurant that serves simple fried or grilled food

S

silver spoon

• Informal

5 3.6

A life starting in a rich family with many advantages

W

wooden spoon

5 1.0

A spoon made of wood used to stir or mix food

S

soup spoon

2 1.0

A spoon with a large round bowl for eating soup

D

dessert spoon

1 1.5

A spoon larger than a teaspoon but smaller than a tablespoon that you use for eating desserts

S

spoon bread

• US

1 5.1

A soft, creamy cornmeal bread you eat with a spoon

I

iced-tea spoon

3.0

A long-handled spoon for stirring drinks in tall glasses

R

runcible spoon

• Literature

9.9

An old, unusual spoon with a fork-like end

S

sugar spoon

2.2

A small spoon used to serve sugar

S

silver spoon upbringing

• Informal

4.8

A childhood in a rich family with many advantages

S

spoon food

4.5

Soft food you eat with a spoon that you can swallow without chewing

W

wooden spoon

• UK

4.0

A prize often a small wooden object for the person or team finishing last in a competition

How Much

to shovel

85 1.0

to scoop

127 1.9

to ladle

4 3.4

to spoon

31 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology