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spoonable

spoonable adjective: able to be dipped into with a spoon.

Adjective

spoonable (comparative more spoonable, superlative most spoonable)

  1. Able to be dipped into with a spoon.
    • The batter should be spoonable but not pourable, essentially vegetables just moist enough to hold together.2007 March 28, Mark Bittman, “Pancakes of the World, Dressed for Dinner”, in New York Times

Forms of spoonable

comparativemore spoonable
superlativemost spoonable

Origin of spoonable

From spoon + -able.

Questions about spoonable

What does spoonable mean?
Spoonable means able to be dipped into with a spoon.
What part of speech is spoonable?
Spoonable is an adjective.

Words near spoonable in the dictionary

  1. spoon-hooks
  2. spoon-meat
  3. spoon-meats
  4. spoon-winged lacewing
  5. spoon-winged lacewings
  6. spoonable
  7. spoonbait
  8. spoonbaits
  9. spoonbender
  10. spoonbenders
  11. spoonbending

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