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soupspoon

noun

Etymology

From soup + spoon.

  1. derived from *(s)peH-✻ — “chip, shaving, log, length of wood”
  2. inherited from *spēnuz✻ — “chip, flake, shaving”
  3. inherited from *spānu✻
  4. inherited from spōn — “sliver, chip of wood, shaving”
  5. inherited from spoon
  6. compounded as soupspoon — “soup + spoon”

Definitions

  1. A spoon for eating soup, typically smaller than a tablespoon and larger than a dessert…

    A spoon for eating soup, typically smaller than a tablespoon and larger than a dessert spoon, characterised by having a round bowl rather than the usual oval bowl of other types of spoon.

  2. A soupspoonful.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA