egg spoon
English
WOTD – 14 August 2021
Etymology
A pair of c. 1860 silver egg spoons from England, with a teaspoon (bottom) as a size comparison.
From egg + spoon. Known to be attested since at latest 1759.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɛɡ ˈspuːn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɛɡ ˈspun/
- Rhymes: -uːn
Noun
egg spoon (plural egg spoons)
- A spoon, usually smaller than a teaspoon, which is used for eating a boiled egg from a hole made in the shell; the bowl of the spoon is shaped to make it easier to scoop out the contents of the eggshell.
- 2017, Ursula K[roeber] Le Guin, “Without Egg”, in No Time to Spare: Thinking about What Matters, New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, part 4 (Rewards), page 176:
- [T]he egg spoon must also be untarnishable—stainless steel, or horn. I've never seen a gold egg spoon, but I'm sure it would do. Whatever the material, the spoon has to have a small bowl with a fine edge on it: a thick edge can't coax all the egg white off the inside of the shell. The handle is short, for good balance and easy handling. An egg spoon is a tiny implement that, like the Viennese breakfast, cannot be improved.
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Hypernyms
- spoon
Translations
spoon used for eating a boiled egg from a hole made in the shell
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Further reading
egg spoon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “egg-spoon, n.” under “spoon, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2021.