Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spoon-fed

/spun ˈfɛd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables: spoon-fed
IPA: /spun ˈfɛd/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of spoon-feed

adj

Pampered, as a baby too young to feed themselves.

adj

So simplified that one might expect a baby to understand it.

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce spoon-fed?: The recorded pronunciation is /spun ˈfɛd/.
What does spoon-fed mean?: simple past and past participle of spoon-feed

How to pronounce spoon-fed

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