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spoon food

spoon food

4.5
Soft food you eat with a spoon that you can swallow without chewing
  • noun
  • /spuːn fuːd/
translation icon : comida en puré
  • Jesus spoon food is disgusting.

Examples

  • The baby was fed spoon food to ensure it could eat without chewing.

  • After her surgery, the nutritionist suggested a spoon food diet to help with her recovery.

  • Many elderly patients find spoon food easier to eat due to their dental issues.

Synonyms

pap
vsspoon food
3 8.2

Soft bland food that is easy to swallow

is used mainly after surgery or for digestive recovery rather than general illness
soft diet
vsspoon food
1 2.9

A set of soft foods that people with chewing or swallowing problems can eat

is for items that do not require chewing and are ready to swallow

How Soft

liquid diet
4 4.1
soft diet
1 2.9
spoon food
4.5
mashed potato
70 1.0
solid food
11 1.0

Surface Forms

spoon food singular
spoon foods plural

Morphology

spoon + food

The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'spoon' (to eat or scoop with a spoon) and 'food' — i.e. food that is eaten with a spoon, implying it is soft or puréed and does not require chewing. This compositional interpretation follows normal English compounding/verb-noun logic and is likely obvious to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.

Etymology

The noun spoon food may come from the simple picture of food you can eat with a spoon because it is very soft. In hospitals and after surgery people need food that is 'easy to swallow' and does not need chewing, so spoon food means food made soft for people who cannot chew.