Spoon is a usually metal, plastic or wooden eating or cooking implement, consisting of a small oval or round shallow bowl with a handle. See also List of types of spoons. Spoon may also refer to: Something that resembles a spoon in shape: - spoon, a lever that forms part of the stop motion on a drawing frame in textile manufacturing
- Spoon bit, a wood-boring drill bit consisting of a grooved shank with a point shaped somewhat like the bowl of a spoon
- spoon bow, an overhanging bow of a ship such as a whaleback whose underside is somewhat spoon-shaped
- spoon chisel, a sculptor's bent chisel with the cutting edge on both sides
- spoon foot, a foot (as on a table or chair) that projects out slightly from the leg and curves up to form a shape similar to that of the bowl of a spoon
- spoon end, a concave end on a leaf spring to carry a swiveling member
- spoon nail, or koilonychia, abnormal thinness and concavity of fingernails, occurring especially in hypochromic anemias
- spoon shovel, a long bar with a small oval inclined blade at the end, used in excavating deep narrow holes
- spoon tool, any of various more or less spoon-shaped molder's tools used for smoothing and finishing molds
- spoon-back chair, especially of the Queen Anne period, with a back curved slightly to fit the sitter's form
- spoon-bill beak or snout, expanded and spatulate at the end
- spoon-billed catfish, alternate name for paddlefish
- Spoon-billed Duck, alternate name for Shoveler
- Spoon-billed Sandpiper, a sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus) that is characterized by a spatulate bill and inhabits northeastern Asia
- shoespoon, alternate name for shoehorn
In general usage: - spoon, a chrysanthemum with long tubular ray florets and a spoon-shaped tip
- golden spoon, or nance, a usually shrubby tropical American tree (Byrsonima crassifolia) that is sometimes cultivated for its sweet edible yellow fruits
- greasy spoon (slang), a small, especially cheap and usually more or less unsanitary restaurant or diner
- horn spoon, a small receptacle like a trough made from a section of cow horn and used for careful washing tests in gold mining
- Spoon (liturgy), in Eastern Orthodox religion
- Spoon River, in Illinois
- Pulsar Spoon, a line of retro styled watches by Pulsar (watch)
- "Spoon", the Wooden Spoon Society charity
In sport: - spoon (golf), a wooden golf club (3-wood), made with a slightly shorter and stiffer shaft and more loft than a driver or brassie, and used through the green for long high shots
- spoon, pins in a bowling alley, especially pins that have been knocked down
- spoon lure, a usually metal or shell fishing lure shaped like the bowl of a spoon
- spoon oar, an oar or paddle having the blade so curved as to afford a better hold upon the water in rowing
- "Spoon" Will Witherspoon (born 1980), American football player
- Spoon Sports, specialise in Honda vehicles
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