He carved a love spoon from a single piece of oak and presented it to his sweetheart as a promise of steadfast devotion.

Although he was born with a silver spoon, he learned the value of hard work.

She spoon-feeds her students every step of the way, so they never learn to solve problems independently.

The coach was spoon-feeding rookies during practice, which kept them from learning how to make decisions under pressure.

The restaurant served delicate spoon-bowls of chilled gazpacho as a refreshing starter.

The veteran astronaut stowed her trusty spoon-bowl, designed for zero-G meals, in the spacecraft's galley.

The kitchen shelf held mismatched spoon bowls collected from every country we'd visited.

The guide recommended using spoon lures when trout begin feeding near the surface.

The archaeologists used spoon excavators to carefully remove soil from the fragile pottery.

During the filling procedure, the dentist used a spoon excavator to gently remove the softened carious material.