"spoon rest" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spoon rests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spoon rest (plural spoon rests)
  1. A shallow spoon-shaped dish on which a cooking or serving spoon can be rested so as to avoid dirtying the bench, tabletop, tablecloth, etc. Related terms: saucer
    Sense id: en-spoon_rest-en-noun-oRdnpHmC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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