dessertspoon

American  

[dih-zurt-spoon] / dɪˈzɜrtˌspun /

noun

1. a spoon intermediate in size between a tablespoon and a teaspoon, used in eating certain desserts.

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dessertspoon British  

/ dɪˈzɜːtˌspuːn /

noun

1. a spoon intermediate in size between a tablespoon and a teaspoon

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Etymology

Origin of dessertspoon

First recorded in 1800–10; dessert + spoon

Example Sentences

The complaints roll in: The fork tines are too stubby, the dessert spoon holds its contents hostage.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025

With our server nowhere in sight, a random extra dessert spoon seems to have materialized out of nowhere near my left elbow.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2022

Miss Manners knows that it was because the teaspoon was sold with the table settings instead of the larger dessert spoon, which would have been more useful, unless you give more tea parties than dinners.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2021

He then sifts the earth with a dessert spoon.

From The Guardian • Jan. 10, 2016

I save the last mousse for myself, sit down, choose the small dessert spoon.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau