spoon
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
Types & categories
- container hypernym
- eating utensil hypernym
- dessert spoon hyponym
- runcible spoon hyponym
- soupspoon hyponym
- sugar spoon hyponym
- tablespoon hyponym
- tea maker hyponym
- teaspoon hyponym
- wooden spoon hyponym
Related & opposite
- spoon derivation
Sense 2 verb
scoop up or take up with a spoon
spoon the sauce over the roast
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
as much as a spoon will hold
he added two spoons of sugar
Types & categories
- containerful hypernym
Related & opposite
- spoon derivation
Sense 4 verb
snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others
Types & categories
- neck hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
Types & categories
- wood hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spoon |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | container |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | eating utensil |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dessert spoon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | runcible spoon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | soupspoon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sugar spoon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tablespoon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tea maker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | teaspoon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wooden spoon |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spoon |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spoonful |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | plunge |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spoon |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | containerful |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | smooch |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | caressing |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | neck |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | wood |