spoon

utensil consisting of a small shallow bowl, oval or round, at the end of a handle
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spoon

Summary

spoon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,349 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • spoon is a type of cutlery[2].
  • spoon is a type of cookware and bakeware[3].
  • spoon is a type of table set[4].
  • spoon is used for ingestion[5].
  • spoon is used for stirring[6].
  • spoon's Commons category is recorded as Spoons[7].
  • spoon's Unicode character is recorded as 🥣[8].
  • spoon's Unicode character is recorded as 🥄[9].
  • spoon comprises shaft[10].
  • spoon comprises vat[11].
  • spoon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Spoons[12].
  • spoon's Commons gallery is recorded as Spoon[13].
  • spoon's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[14].
  • spoon's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[15].
  • spoon's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[16].
  • spoon's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include cutlery[2], cookware and bakeware[3], and table set[4].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include ingestion[5] and stirring[6]. Components include shaft[10] and vat[11].

Influence

Things named for spoon include spoons position[18], a sex position[19] and spoon theory[20], a metaphor[21].

Why It Matters

spoon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,349 views/month).[1] spoon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] spoon is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for spoon include spoons position[18], a sex position[19] and spoon theory[20], a metaphor[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Subclass of cutlery, cookware and bakeware, table set
    Topic's main category Category:Spoons
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 23654, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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