Spoon vs Bowl - What's the difference?
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An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
* Shakespeare
An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
(sports, archaic) A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern three wood.
(fishing) A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a table spoon.
(dentistry, informal) A spoon excavator.
(figuratively, slang, archaic) A simpleton, a spooney.
A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
To serve using a spoon.
(dated) To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.
* 1913 ,
(transitive, or, intransitive, slang, of persons) To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
(tennis) To hit weakly
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A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.
As much as is held by a bowl.
A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.
A round crater (or similar) in the ground.
The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.
a part of a pipe or bong packed with marijuana for smoking
* 2010 , Mark Arax, West of the West ,
(label) An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.
(label) a postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)
The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.
The action of bowling a ball.
The game of bowls.
(label) To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.
* Shakespeare
(label) To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).
To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.
To pelt or strike with anything rolled.
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between spoon and bowl
is that spoon is an implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle while bowl is a roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.As verbs the difference between spoon and bowl
is that spoon is to serve using a spoon while bowl is to roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.spoon
English
(wikipedia spoon)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.
- (Hood)
Derived terms
* spoonbill * spooner * spoon bread * spoon-feed, spoon-fed * dessert spoon, dessertspoon * gag me with a spoon * measuring spoon * runcible spoon * silver spoon * soup spoon, soupspoon * tablespoon * teaspoon * wooden spoonVerb
(en verb)- Sarah spooned some apple sauce onto her plate.
- Do you think we spoon and do? We only talk.
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Derived terms
* spooner * big spoon, little spoonSee also
* cutlery * ladle * silverwareEtymology 2
Origin uncertain. Compare spoom.Derived terms
* spoon-driftAnagrams
* 1000 English basic wordsbowl
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), .Noun
(en noun)page 221
- “Purple smoke is no joke. Especially when it is real purple. The smell, taste, and high is easily one of the best in the world. One bowl of some purple Kush, and I'm done for a couple of hours.
- Let's smoke a bowl!
Synonyms
* (as much as is held by a bowl) bowlful * (haircut) bowl cut, pudding bowl * (crater) crater, hollowDerived terms
{{der3, bowl cut, bowl-cut , bowl game , dustbowl , fruit bowl , mixing bowl , pudding bowl , salad bowl , singing bowl , soup bowl , toilet bowl}}Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (bowls) lawn bowls, lawn bowlingVerb
(en verb)- Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel, / And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven.
- Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth, / And bowled to death with turnips.