cuillère — meaning in English

English meaning

• spoon noun A utensil with a small shallow bowl on a handle, used for eating, stirring, or serving.
• teaspoon noun A small spoon used for stirring drinks or eating small amounts of food.

Senses

cuillère is used for these senses in English:

• spoon An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
• spoon lure (fishing) An oblong, concave lure, usually of metal or shell, shaped like the bowl of a spoon.
• teaspoon A unit of measure, equivalent to one-third of a tablespoon or roughly five milliliters.

spoon — full definition

1. noun A utensil with a small shallow bowl on a handle, used for eating, stirring, or serving.
2. verb To lie close together, front-to-back, in a nested position like stacked spoons.
3. noun Informally, a unit representing someone's limited daily energy, especially used by people with chronic illness.

teaspoon — full definition

1. noun A small spoon used for stirring drinks or eating small amounts of food.
2. noun A unit of measurement in cooking, roughly 5 millilitres.

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