spoon : Idioms & Phrases

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Apostle spoon

  • (Antiq.), a spoon of silver, with the handle terminating in the figure of an apostle. One or more were offered by sponsors at baptism as a present to the godchild.
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Dessert spoon

  • noun a spoon larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon
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  • a spoon used in eating dessert; a spoon intermediate in size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon.
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greasy spoon

  • noun a small restaurant specializing in short-order fried foods
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heart-spoon

Heart"-spoon` noun
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  1. A part of the breastbone. Obs.
    He feeleth through the herte-spon the pricke. Chaucer.
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iced-tea spoon

  • noun a teaspoon with a long handle
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runcible spoon

  • noun a fork-like spoon with a cutting edge; coined by Edward Lear
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silver spoon

  • noun the inherited wealth of established upper-class families
    old money.
    • he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth
    • she is the daughter of old money from Massachusetts
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soup spoon

  • noun a spoon with a rounded bowl for eating soup
    soupspoon.
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Spoon bait

  • (Fishing), a lure used in trolling, consisting of a glistening metallic plate shaped like the bowl of a spoon with a fishhook attached.
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Spoon bit

  • a bit for boring, hollowed or furrowed along one side.
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spoon bread

  • noun soft bread made of cornmeal and sometimes rice or hominy; must be served with a spoon (chiefly southern)
    batter bread.
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spoon food

  • noun a diet that does not require chewing; advised for those with intestinal disorders
    pap; soft diet.
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Spoon net

  • a net for landing fish.
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Spoon oar

  • . see under Oar.
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spoon-billed

Spoon"-billed` adjective
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  1. (Zoöl.) Having the bill expanded and spatulate at the end.
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spoon-meat

Spoon"-meat` noun
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  1. Food that is, or must be, taken with a spoon; liquid food. "Diet most upon spoon-meats." Harvey.
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spoon-shaped

  • adjective satellite shaped in the form of a spoon
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sugar spoon

  • noun a spoon for serving sugar; often made in the shape of a seashell
    sugar shell.
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Wooden spoon

  • noun a booby prize consisting of a spoon made of wood
  • noun a spoon made of wood
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  • . (a) (Cambridge University, Eng.) The last junior optime who takes a university degree, denoting one who is only fit to stay at home and stir porridge. "We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus." Macaulay. (b) In some American colleges, the lowest appointee of the junior year; sometimes, one especially popular in his class, without reference to scholarship. Formerly, it was a custom for classmates to present to this person a wooden spoon with formal ceremonies.
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