splade

splade

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪd

Etymology

Perhaps from spoon or spork and blade.

Noun

splade (plural splades)

1. A spork that is sharp along one edge or both edges, enabling it to be used as a knife, a fork and a spoon.

See also

• runcible spoon
• spork
• knork

Quotations

						2000	2002 2003
ME «	15th c.	16th c.	17th c.	18th c.	19th c.	20th c.	21st c.

• 2000, Chris Holden, Nutrition and Child Health

  Cutlery:

  ◆ small, flat soft plastic spoons

  ◆ use of a ‘splade’ instead of a fork

  ◆ cutlery with a large soft handle for easier grip

• 2002, Morven F Ball, Developmental Coordination Disorder

  A splade (see Figure 7.2) can be used if there is a problem with coordinating a knife and fork.

• 2003, Stephen Downes, Advanced Australian Fare

  At even the best dinner parties a splade (an implement combining a spoon, a fork, and a blunt blade) was used to load the food from lap to lip.

Anagrams

• lapsed, padles, pedals, pleads, pleas'd