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soupspoon

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[soop-spoon] / ˈsupˌspun /

noun

soupspoons plural
  1. a large spoon, commonly having a rounded bowl, with which to eat soup.


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Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of soupspoon

First recorded in 1695–1705; soup + spoon

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Weisberg: You can’t blame him for using the soupspoon to eat his salad because he didn’t read Emily Post.

From Slate Jun. 22, 2017

He compared Mr. Morrow to the Dalai Lama of Tibet, declared the Morrow butler perfumes the Morrow soupspoon.

From Time Magazine Archive

It has just brought out two new models that radically de part from the upside-down soupspoon look that has made the Porsche one of the most popular sports cars.

From Time Magazine Archive

As he talked, he reached behind his back and, using the handle, he raised the soupspoon off his head, much in the manner of a man lifting his hat to a lady.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo

And the queen was still dead, of course, when Roscuro encountered the queen’s royal soupspoon lying on the floor.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo

For twelve fondants make a white sauce with two soupspoons of flour and milk.

From The Belgian Cookbook by Various

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