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spoon

/sˈpuːn/SPOON
/sˈpun/SPOON

Meaningchip of wood

Common meaning: a tool for eating soft food

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishspōn‘chip of wood’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishsponsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftschip of wood → a tool for eating soft foodspoon‘a tool for eating soft food’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English spōn ‘a chip, splinter’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry SPOON, p. 583 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • spōn Old English “a chip, splinter”

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