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egg spoons

egg spoons is the plural of egg spoon.

Meaning of egg spoon

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

Questions about egg spoons

What is egg spoons the plural of?
Egg spoons is the plural of egg spoon.

Words near egg spoons in the dictionary

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

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