noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A spoon for eating soup, typically smaller than a tablespoon and larger than a dessert spoon, characterised by having a round bowl rather than the usual oval bowl of other types of spoon.
2. 2
   a spoon with a rounded bowl for eating soup wordnet
3. 3
   A soupspoonful.

Synonyms

All synonyms

ladlesoup spoonsoupspoonfulsoupspoonful

Etymology

From soup + spoon.

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