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spoon
Overview of noun spoon
The noun spoon has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) spoon -- (a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food)
2. spoon, spoonful -- (as much as a spoon will hold; "he added two spoons of sugar")
3. spoon -- (formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face)
Overview of verb spoon
The verb spoon has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. spoon -- (scoop up or take up with a spoon; "spoon the sauce over the roast")
2. smooch, snog, spoon -- (snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spoon
3 senses of spoon
Sense 1
spoon
=> cutlery, eating utensil
=> tableware
=> ware
=> article
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> container
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
spoon, spoonful
=> containerful
=> indefinite quantity
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
spoon
=> wood
=> golf club, golf-club, club
=> golf equipment
=> sports equipment
=> equipment
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun spoon
1 of 3 senses of spoon
Sense 1
spoon
=> dessert spoon
=> runcible spoon
=> soupspoon, soup spoon
=> sugar spoon, sugar shell
=> tablespoon
=> tea maker
=> teaspoon
=> wooden spoon
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spoon
3 senses of spoon
Sense 1
spoon
=> cutlery, eating utensil
=> container
Sense 2
spoon, spoonful
=> containerful
Sense 3
spoon
=> wood
Antonyms of noun spoon
Member Holonyms of noun spoon
Substance Holonyms of noun spoon
Part Holonyms of noun spoon
Member Meronyms of noun spoon
Substance Meronyms of noun spoon
Part Meronyms of noun spoon
Meronyms of noun spoon
Holonyms of noun spoon
Attributes of noun spoon
Derived Forms of noun spoon
2 of 3 senses of spoon
Sense 1
spoon
RELATED TO>(verb) spoon#1
=> spoon
Sense 2
spoon, spoonful
RELATED TO>(verb) spoon#1
=> spoon
Domain of noun spoon
Domain Terms of noun spoon
Familiarity of noun spoon
spoon used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun spoon
3 senses of spoon
Sense 1
spoon
> cutlery, eating utensil
=> fork
=> spoon
=> Spork
=> table knife
> container
=> bag
=> bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse
=> basket, handbasket
=> bin
=> bowl, pipe bowl
=> box
=> bread-bin, breadbox
=> bunker
=> can, tin, tin can
=> canister, cannister, tin
=> capsule
=> cargo container
=> case
=> case, display case, showcase, vitrine
=> cassette
=> cup
=> cylinder
=> dice cup, dice box
=> dish
=> dispenser
=> drawer
=> Dumpster
=> empty
=> envelope
=> glass, drinking glass
=> grab bag
=> magnetic bottle
=> mailer
=> manger, trough
=> mold, mould, cast
=> package, parcel
=> pan
=> pod, fuel pod
=> pot, flowerpot
=> powder horn, powder flask
=> receptacle
=> reliquary
=> saltcellar
=> savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank
=> scuttle, coal scuttle
=> shaker
=> spoon
=> storage ring
=> thimble
=> time capsule
=> vessel
=> wastepaper basket, waste-paper basket, wastebasket, waste basket, circular file
=> watering can, watering pot
=> wheeled vehicle
=> workbasket, workbox, workbag
Sense 2
spoon, spoonful
> containerful
=> armful
=> bag, bagful
=> barrel, barrelful
=> barrow, barrowful
=> barnful
=> basin, basinful
=> basket, basketful
=> bin, binful
=> bottle, bottleful
=> bowl, bowlful
=> box, boxful
=> bucket, bucketful
=> can, canful
=> capful
=> carful
=> cartload
=> carton, cartonful
=> case, caseful
=> cask, caskful
=> crate, crateful
=> cup, cupful
=> dish, dishful
=> dustpan, dustpanful
=> flask, flaskful
=> glass, glassful
=> handful, fistful
=> hatful
=> headful
=> houseful
=> jar, jarful
=> jug, jugful
=> keg, kegful
=> kettle, kettleful
=> lapful
=> mouthful
=> mug, mugful
=> pail, pailful
=> pipeful
=> pitcher, pitcherful
=> plate, plateful
=> pocketful
=> pot, potful
=> roomful
=> sack, sackful
=> scoop, scoopful
=> shelfful
=> shoeful
=> shovel, shovelful, spadeful
=> skepful
=> spoon, spoonful
=> tablespoon, tablespoonful
=> dessertspoon, dessertspoonful
=> tank, tankful
=> teacup, teacupful
=> teaspoon, teaspoonful
=> thimble, thimbleful
=> tub, tubful
Sense 3
spoon
> wood
=> brassie
=> driver, number one wood
=> metal wood
=> spoon
Meronyms of noun spoon
3 senses of spoon
Sense 1
spoon
=> cutlery, eating utensil
HAS PART: handle, grip, handgrip, hold
HAS PART: shank, stem
=> tableware
=> ware
=> article
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
=> container
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 3
spoon
=> wood
=> golf club, golf-club, club
HAS PART: golf-club head, club head, club-head, clubhead
HAS PART: face
HAS PART: heel
HAS PART: sole
HAS PART: shank, waist
HAS PART: toe
=> golf equipment
=> sports equipment
=> equipment
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun spoon
Grep of noun spoon
dessert spoon
dessertspoon
greasy spoon
iced-tea spoon
john witherspoon
runcible spoon
silver spoon
soup spoon
soupspoon
spoon
spoon bread
spoon food
spoonbill
spoonbill catfish
spoondrift
spoonerism
spoonfeeding
spoonflower
spoonful
spoonleaf yucca
sugar spoon
tablespoon
teaspoon
witherspoon
wooden spoon
Antonyms of verb spoon
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spoon
2 senses of spoon
Sense 1
spoon
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sense 2
smooch, snog, spoon
=> neck, make out
=> pet
=> caress
=> touch
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb spoon
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spoon
2 senses of spoon
Sense 1
spoon
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sense 2
smooch, snog, spoon
=> neck, make out
'Cause To' of verb spoon
Derived Forms of verb spoon
1 of 2 senses of spoon
Sense 1
spoon
RELATED TO>(noun) spoon#2
=> spoon, spoonful
RELATED TO>(noun) spoon#1
=> spoon
Domain of verb spoon
Domain Terms of verb spoon
Familiarity of verb spoon
spoon used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb spoon
2 senses of spoon
Sense 1
spoon
EX: The women spoon water into the bowl
Sense 2
smooch, snog, spoon
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb spoon
2 senses of spoon
Sense 1
spoon
> remove, take, take away, withdraw
=> epilate, depilate
=> harvest
=> tip
=> stem
=> extirpate
=> enucleate
=> exenterate
=> enucleate
=> decorticate
=> bail
=> strip, undress, divest, disinvest
=> ablate
=> clean, pick
=> clean
=> winnow
=> unbrace
=> pick
=> clear, clear up
=> muck
=> lift
=> lift
=> lift
=> tear away, tear off
=> take off
=> take away, take out
=> pit, stone
=> seed
=> unhinge
=> shuck
=> hull
=> crumb
=> chip away, chip away at
=> burl
=> knock out
=> scavenge, clean
=> hypophysectomize, hypophysectomise
=> degas
=> husk, shell
=> bur, burr
=> clear off, clear away
=> flick
=> strip, dismantle
=> strip
=> clear
=> defang
=> bone, debone
=> disembowel, eviscerate, draw
=> shell
=> shuck
=> tusk, detusk
=> dehorn
=> scalp
=> weed
=> condense
=> bail out, bale out
=> leach, strip
=> decalcify
=> detoxify, detoxicate
=> de-ionate
=> de-iodinate
=> decarbonize, decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke
=> delouse
=> ream
=> brush
=> wash, wash out, wash off, wash away
=> desorb
=> pull
=> demineralize, demineralise
=> eliminate
=> expectorate, clear out, drive out
=> defuse
=> dredge
=> wear away, wear off
=> amputate, cut off
=> resect, eviscerate
=> skim, skim off, cream off, cream
=> strip
=> strip
=> scale, descale
=> circumcise
=> undock
=> dig, delve, cut into, turn over
=> excavate, dig, hollow
=> scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
=> extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
=> take out
=> unstring
=> string
=> wipe off, wipe away
=> take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off
=> unveil
=> unpack, take out
=> unburden, disburden
=> empty
=> discharge
=> unsaddle, offsaddle
=> shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop
=> dislodge, free
=> clean
=> aspirate, draw out, suck out
=> delete, cancel
=> ladle, lade, laden
=> spoon
=> gut
=> head
=> draw off, draw away, pull off
=> clean, strip
=> draw, take out
=> draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out
=> leach
=> draw
=> withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
Sense 2
smooch, snog, spoon
> neck, make out
=> smooch, snog, spoon
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb spoon
Sense 1
spoon
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
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Sense 2
smooch, snog, spoon
=> neck, make out
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Grep of verb spoon
spoon
spoonfeed
Grep of adj spoon
spoon-shaped
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