📖 spoon

noun1 senses

1. a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
2. formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
3. as much as a spoon will hold“he added two spoons of sugar”

See also: spoonful

verb2 senses

1. snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others
2. scoop up or take up with a spoon“spoon the sauce over the roast”

See also: smooch

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