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Slade vs Splade - What's the difference?

slade | splade |

As nouns the difference between slade and splade

is that slade is a valley, a flat grassy area, a glade while splade is a spork that is sharp along one edge or both edges, enabling it to be used as a knife, a fork and a spoon.

As a proper noun Slade

is {{surname}.

slade

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A valley, a flat grassy area, a glade.
  • *, Bk.V:
  • *:Yet he slow in the slade of men of armys mo than syxty with his hondys.
  • (obsolete) The sole of a plough.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=1945-01-29, magazine=Time Magazine
  • , title= Pattern Prays , passage=The Bishop, wearing a gleaming cape of green and gold, raised his hand over the plough and the kneeling farmers: "God speed the plough: the beam and the mouldboard, the slade and the sidecap, the share and the coulters

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    splade

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia splade) (en noun)
  • A spork that is sharp along one edge or both edges, enabling it to be used as a knife, a fork and a spoon.
  • See also

    * runcible spoon * spork * knork

    Quotations

    {{timeline, 1900s=2000, 2000s=2002
    2003}} * 2000, Chris Holden, Nutrition and Child Health [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN070202421X&id=EUXbcmfcADYC&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&sig=bVoSsfQXfuag_Q_HwnwaT6DoOlY] *: Cutlery: *: ? small, flat soft plastic spoons *: ? use of a ‘splade ’ instead of a fork *: ? cutlery with a large soft handle for easier grip * 2002, Morven F Ball, Developmental Coordination Disorder [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1843100908&id=C1yzHzIrgxMC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&sig=_LRarnsyr-a6oZswikqcT1NFOIE] *: A splade (see Figure 7.2) can be used if there is a problem with coordinating a knife and fork. * 2003, Stephen Downes, Advanced Australian Fare [http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN1865085812&id=kgJw0R_ZCtYC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&sig=B1-l-rz5pxid6Mr9eJoPbQFLuz0] *: At even the best dinner parties a splade (an implement combining a spoon, a fork, and a blunt blade) was used to load the food from lap to lip.

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