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egg spoon

/ˈɛɡ ˌspuːn/US/ˌɛɡ ˈspun/

egg spoon noun: a spoon, usually smaller than a teaspoon, which is used for eating a boiled egg from a hole made in the shell; the bowl of the spoon is shaped to make it easier to scoop out the contents of the eggshell.

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Noun

egg spoon (plural egg spoons)

  1. A spoon, usually smaller than a teaspoon, which is used for eating a boiled egg from a hole made in the shell; the bowl of the spoon is shaped to make it easier to scoop out the contents of the eggshell.
    • [T]he egg spoon must also be untarnishable—stainless steel, or horn. I've never seen a gold egg spoon, but I'm sure it would do. Whatever the material, the spoon has to have a small bowl with a fine edge on it: a thick edge can't coax all the egg white off the inside of the shell. The handle is...2017, Ursula K[roeber] Le Guin, “Without Egg”, in No Time to Spare: Thinking about What Matters, New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, part 4 (Rewards), page 176

Forms of egg spoon

pluralegg spoons
alternative formegg-spoon
alternative formeggspoon

Origin of egg spoon

From egg + spoon. Known to be attested since at latest 1759.

Words formed from egg spoon

Words that rhyme with egg spoon

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Questions about egg spoon

What does egg spoon mean?
Egg spoon means a spoon, usually smaller than a teaspoon, which is used for eating a boiled egg from a hole made in the shell; the bowl of the spoon is shaped to make it easier to scoop out the contents of the eggshell.
What part of speech is egg spoon?
Egg spoon is a noun.
How do you pronounce egg spoon?
Egg spoon is pronounced /ˈɛɡ ˌspuːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of egg spoon?
The plural of egg spoon is egg spoons.

Words near egg spoon in the dictionary

  1. egg sandwiches
  2. egg sandwichs
  3. Egg Saturday
  4. egg slice
  5. egg slices
  6. egg spoon
  7. egg spoons
  8. egg squash
  9. egg squashes
  10. egg tart
  11. egg tarts

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