spoon

Everyday

1. A spoon is a small tool with a round, shallow end and a handle, used for eating, serving or stirring. tree →
2. A spoon (a spoonful) is the amount a spoon holds: a spoon of sugar. tree →
3. To spoon food is to move it with a spoon. tree →

In the lessons

a thing on the table that is not a fruit; in cooking teaspoons and tablespoons are measures; in everyday life setting the table with knives, forks and spoons; in science a metal spoon in hot soup gets hot (metal carries heat)

Examples

• I put three spoons on the table. tree →
• There are 5 spoons in the drawer. tree →
• Lily washes 8 spoons and 4 forks. tree →
• Eat your soup with a spoon. tree →
• Add one spoon of honey to the tea. tree →
• Stir the paint with an old spoon. tree →
• A metal spoon gets hot in hot soup. tree →
• Mum spooned the beans onto my plate. tree →
• "At all events leave with us your silver spoon. tree →

Note

The thing being counted; carries no operation clue. Trap: spoons are not fruit, so they are left out of «how many fruits». «a spoon of sugar» counts the sugar by spoonfuls, not spoons. Plural «spoons».