(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is an object used for eating, stirring, and serving food. One end of it is shaped like a shallow bowl and it has a long handle.
He stirred his coffee with a ~.
N-COUNT
2.
You can refer to an amount of food resting on a ~ as a ~ of food.
...tea with two ~s of sugar.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
3.
If you ~ food into something, you put it there with a ~.
He ~ed instant coffee into two of the mugs...
VERB: V n prep
4.
see also greasy ~ , slotted ~ , soup ~ , wooden ~
5.
If you think that someone has a lot of advantages because they have a rich or influential family, you can say that they have been born with a silver ~ in their mouth.
She was born with a silver ~ in her mouth and everything has been done for her.
PHRASE: Ns inflect