spoon

English

/spuːn/, /spun/

noun
Definitions
  • An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
  • An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
  • A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
  • (golf) A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern three wood.
  • (slang) An oar.
  • (fishing) A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.
  • (dentistry) A spoon excavator.
  • (figuratively) A simpleton, a spooney.
  • (US) A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
  • (slang) A metaphoric unit of energy available to cope with problems.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English spoon inherited from Old English spōn (piece of wood, shaving, sliver, chip, chip of wood) inherited from Proto-Germanic *spēnuz (shaving, chip, piece of wood, flake) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂- (shaving, chip, length of wood, log, stretch, pull).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)peh₂-

Gloss

shaving, chip, length of wood, log, stretch, pull

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms