soupspoon
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- noun
- /ˈsuːpˌspuːn/
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cuchara para sopa
- He served the soup in large bowls, and gave everyone a soupspoon to enjoy their meal.
Examples
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When we ordered the chicken noodle soup, the restaurant provided us with a soupspoon for easier serving.
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He was a small green tree frog, no bigger than a penny, and his round, salmon-colored toes stuck out like tiny soupspoons.
Fiction book (1990) -
He hesitated, holding his soupspoon above the bowl, cocking his head and staring upward and to his right, the same pose he'd assumed earlier on the porch, the one his wife had told him all people.
Fiction book (1991) -
After filling her bowl with soup, she reached for a soupspoon to eat comfortably.
Synonyms
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A small bowl-shaped tool with a handle used to eat or serve food
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A spoon with a large round bowl for eating soup
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Etymology
Soupspoon joins the simple words soup and spoon, where soup means 'a hot liquid food' and spoon is the eating tool. So a soupspoon is the larger, rounded spoon made for eating soup.