spoon

/spuːn/noun

उच्चारण स्पून

चम्मच

Basic word

noun

1
[C]
a tool that has a handle with a shallow bowl at one end, used for mixing, serving and eating food
चम्मच
- a spoon of sugar
- Stir the tea with a spoon.
- The baby banged her spoon on the table.
+ 1 more example
- She ate the soup with a large spoon.
Synonyms teaspoon tablespoon ladle scoop

verb

1
[T]
to lift and move food with a spoon
चम्मच से डालना
- She spooned rice onto the plate.
- He spooned some curd on to my plate.
- Spoon the mixture into small cups.
+ 1 more example
- She spooned out the seeds from the melon.
Synonyms scoop ladle serve dish out

◇Word family

spoonful noun

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

teaspoon tablespoon ladle scoop serve dish out

?Which word?

Keep the spoon words: teaspoon, tablespoon, ladle (a large deep spoon for serving soup), scoop, spatula.

चम्मच के शब्द याद रखिए: teaspoon, tablespoon, ladle (सूप परोसने का बड़ा गहरा चम्मच, करछी), scoop, spatula।

§Grammar and usage

The plural of spoonful is spoonfuls (also spoonsful).

Spoonful का plural spoonfuls (spoonsful भी) है।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Born with a silver spoon in your mouth (born into a rich family), spoon-feed (give somebody so much help that they do not need to think for themselves: 'Good teachers do not spoon-feed students'), wooden spoon (a prize for coming last).

Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: born with a silver spoon in your mouth (अमीर परिवार में जन्मा, चाँदी का चम्मच लेकर पैदा हुआ), spoon-feed (इतनी मदद देना कि व्यक्ति स्वयं न सोचे: 'Good teachers do not spoon-feed students'), wooden spoon (अंतिम आने का पुरस्कार)।