Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spoon

3 senses of spoon

Sense 1
spoon -- (a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food)
       => cutlery, eating utensil -- (tableware implements for cutting and eating food)
       => container -- (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))

Sense 2
spoon, spoonful -- (as much as a spoon will hold; "he added two spoons of sugar")
       => containerful -- (the quantity that a container will hold)

Sense 3
spoon -- (formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face)
       => wood -- (a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spoon

2 senses of spoon

Sense 1
spoon -- (scoop up or take up with a spoon; "spoon the sauce over the roast")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")

Sense 2
smooch, spoon -- (snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others)
       => neck, make out -- (kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car")