spoon
utensil consisting of a small shallow bowl, oval or round, at the end of a handle
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Summary
spoon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,134 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: cutlery[2], cookware and bakeware[3], table set[4]
- Has use: ingestion[5], stirring[6]
- Commons category: Spoons[7]
- Unicode character: 🥣[8], 🥄[9]
- Has part(s): shaft[10], vat[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Spoons[12]
- Commons gallery: Spoon[13]
- Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[14], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[15], Pauly–Wissowa[16]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]
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Influence
Things named for spoon include spoons position[18], a sex position[19] and spoon theory[20], a metaphor[21].
Why It Matters
spoon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] spoon is known by 40 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].