spoon
An implement for eating or servingAn implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
» I'd like to buy a wooden spoon.
Я хотел бы купить деревянную ложку.
Я хотела бы купить деревянную ложку.
Я хотів би купити дерев'яну ложку.
Я хотіла би купити дерев'яну ложку.
Meaning
11 sensesAn implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
Löffel, Löffel
ло́жкаlóžka, ло́жечкаlóžečka
ло́жкаlóžka
An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
as much as a spoon will hold
(slang)An oar.
A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.
блесна́blesná
бле́шняbléšnja
(informal)A spoon excavator.
A South African shrub of the genus Spatalla.
(US)A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
(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.
(archaic)A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern fairway wood.
(archaic, figuratively, slang)A simpleton, a spoony.
Examples
250 sentencesI'd like to buy a wooden spoon.
Я хотів би купити дерев'яну ложку. — deniko
ruЯ хотел бы купить деревянную ложку. — Selena777
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
I licked the spoon.
Я лизнув ложку. — deniko
ruЯ облизнул ложку. — marafon
Could we have a spoon?
Можна нам ложку? — deniko
deKönnten wir einen Löffel haben? — Zaghawa
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 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English spoon, spoune, spone, spon (“spoon, chip of wood”), from Old English sFrom 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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Forms
plural: spoonsSynonyms
1 synonyms- as much as a spoon will hold:spoonful