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Meanings of spoon in English

Catalan
petonejar-se

Snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others.

        petonejar-se
        Portuguese
        colher
        Catalan
        cullera

        As much as a spoon will hold.

              colher
              Usage of spoon in English
              1
              May 20:-Requiresspoon-feeding; sleeps well; remains always in bed in stiff attitudes.
              Studies in Forensic Psychiatry
              2
              Use a slotted spoon to remove from oil, drain on paper towel.
              The South African
              3
              The spoon placed in the rest will drain back into the kettle.
              The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
              4
              He also said the media was lazy and wanted to be spoon-fed.
              Radio NZ
              5
              Remove with a slotted spoon and immediately plunge into the ice water.
              Cooking for friends
              6
              In the end, you really just need the spoon and the fork.
              Wired
              7
              I emptied the morphine paper into the spoon, adding a little water.
              Junky
              8
              Sindi's family told her to use her own plate, spoon and glasses.
              The South African
              9
              Pour a little out in a spoon to test the warmth, etc.
              Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
              10
              Anyone with Internet access can see the spoon on his computer screen.
              The Irish Times
              11
              More than 100 spoon-billed sandpipers have been raised and released this way.
              The Guardian
              12
              Arrange cooked meat, poultry, or fish on plates and spoon sauce over.
              The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
              13
              Snook set her spoon on the table and did as I asked.
              Bones Are Forever
              14
              Using the back of a spoon make wavy 'tutu' shapes on edges.
              Radio NZ
              15
              The brave fellow plunged in with a spoon and heaped our plates.
              The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 / A Mag...
              16
              He is currently working on handles for the spoon & the screwdriver.
              The new yorker
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              Translations for spoon
              Portuguese
              colhercolherada
              Spoon through the time
              Spoon across language varieties
              South Africa
              Common
              New Zealand
              Common
              Australia
              Common
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