Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spoonable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: spoon-able
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be dipped into with a spoon.

Example Sentences

"The batter should be spoonable but not pourable, essentially vegetables just moist enough to hold together."

Etymology

Etymology tree English spoon Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English spoonable From spoon + -able.

Inflected Forms

more spoonable (comparative) most spoonable (superlative)

Questions

What does spoonable mean?: Able to be dipped into with a spoon.
Where does spoonable come from?: Etymology tree English spoon Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English spoonable From spoon + -able.

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