Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

saltspoon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: salt-spoon
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small spoon used for serving or measuring salt, equivalent to ⅛ teaspoon.

Example Sentences

"1798, Charlotte Turner Smith, The Young Philosopher, London: T. Cadell, Jun. & W. Davies, Volume 1, Chapter 3, pp. 55-56, Her reasons […] for disliking paupers of every description were entirely on the surface; “she hated them,” she said, “for they were nasty dirty creatures; the fellows and wenches were all thieves; she once lost a salt spoon by one of them whom Master George thought proper to bring to her door for cold victuals […] ”"
"His gleaming little service of plate was so arranged upon his sideboard as that a slack salt-spoon would have instantly betrayed itself […]"
"Dashed the bold fork through pies of pork; O’er hard-boiled eggs the saltspoon shook;"
"There is no such thing as a saltspoon in Yucatan. You are expected to shake the salt out or take it out with your fingers."

Etymology

From salt + spoon.

Inflected Forms

saltspoons (plural)

Derived Forms

saltspoonful

Questions

What does saltspoon mean?: A small spoon used for serving or measuring salt, equivalent to ⅛ teaspoon.
Where does saltspoon come from?: From salt + spoon.

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