spoon

A small tool with a handle and a curved end, used to eat or serve food.

• I need a spoon for my soup.
• She stirred her tea with a spoon.
• Are there enough spoons for everyone?

Common phrases: a soup spoon, use a spoon, a metal spoon, a wooden spoon

To move or serve food using a small tool with a handle and a curved end.

• Spoon the rice into a bowl.
• She spooned sauce over the chicken.
• He was spooning jam into small jars.

How to use it: spoon something into something (Spoon the mixture into the dish.); spoon something over something (Spoon the sauce over the fish.)

Common phrases: spoon into something, spoon onto something, spoon out something

If two people do this, they lie close together, with one facing the other’s back.

• They like to spoon in bed.
• We spooned until we fell asleep.
• Can we spoon for a while?

How to use it: spoon with someone (She likes to spoon with her partner.)

Similar words: cuddle

Common phrases: spoon with someone, spoon in bed