- 1a tool that has a handle with a shallow bowl at the end, used for stirring, serving, and eating food a soup spoon a wooden spoon Remove the onion from the oil with a slotted spoon. see dessertspoon, greasy spoon, measuring spoon, tablespoon, teaspoon
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- 2= spoonful Idioms
having rich parents
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