Meaning

11 senses
  1. An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.

    Löffel, Löffel

    ло́жкаlóžka, ло́жечкаlóžečka

    ло́жкаlóžka

  2. An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.

  3. A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.

    as much as a spoon will hold

  4. (slang)An oar.

  5. A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.

    блесна́blesná

    бле́шняbléšnja

  6. (informal)A spoon excavator.

  7. A South African shrub of the genus Spatalla.

  8. (US)A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.

  9. (slang)A metaphoric unit of finite physical and mental energy available for daily activities, especially in the context of living with chronic illness or disability.

  10. (archaic)A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern fairway wood.

  11. (archaic, figuratively, slang)A simpleton, a spoony.

Examples

250 sentences
  1. I'd like to buy a wooden spoon.

    Я хотів би купити дерев'яну ложку. — deniko

    ruЯ хотел бы купить деревянную ложку. — Selena777

  2. Tom put down his spoon and picked up a fork.

    Том поклав ложку і взяв виделку. — deniko

    ruТом отложил ложку и взял вилку. — marafon

    deTom legte den Löffel weg und nahm eine Gabel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I licked the spoon.

    Я лизнув ложку. — deniko

    ruЯ облизнул ложку. — marafon

  4. Could we have a spoon?

    Можна нам ложку? — deniko

    deKönnten wir einen Löffel haben? — Zaghawa

  5. This spoon is for soup.

    Ця ложка — для супу. — deniko

    ruЭта ложка - для супа. — marafon

    deDieser Löffel ist für Suppe gedacht. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
scooped utensil for eating (or serving):
metal lure for fishing:
Русский
By meaning 2
scooped utensil for eating (or serving):
metal lure for fishing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
scooped utensil for eating (or serving):

Origin

From Middle English spoon, spoune, spone, spon (“spoon, chip of wood”), from Old English s

From Middle English spoon, spoune, spone, spon (“spoon, chip of wood”), from Old English spōn (“sliver, chip of wood, shaving”), from Proto-West Germanic *spānu, from Proto-Germanic *spēnuz (“chip, flake, shaving”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peH- (“chip, shaving, log, length of wood”).

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