What's the difference between cutlery and spoon?

Cutlery


Definition:

  • (n.) The business of a cutler.
  • (n.) Edged or cutting instruments, collectively.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We should welcome the change in the cutlery rule because it marginally improves the chances of sustaining public support for more serious security measures.
  • (2) The two of them were building towers with wooden blocks, but they got bored of that and decided to start introducing other objects – a camera, some cutlery, a glass of water – to the tower.
  • (3) Memorabilia - ranging from the mail sacks to some of the cutlery they used as they hid out - will be on display.
  • (4) If you were a man, and not incompetent, you would eventually be sent to see the editor, Max – Max Hastings, a frightening person who writes very well on war and rather less well on British Airways cutlery – to discuss a possible promotion to the news desk.
  • (5) He can just about feed himself with special cutlery, as long as the food is soft and cut up small.
  • (6) Silver-plated cutlery may also be a source of adventitious chromium in the diets of these post-menopausal subjects.
  • (7) The cases and means of homicidal cases were classified by cutlery and pointed weapons: 243 cases, strangulation and throttling: 104 cases, blunt or similar ones: 96 cases, fire arms (pistol or hunting gun): 35 cases, poisoning: 8 cases, murder by fire: 4 cases, and 6 other cases.
  • (8) From my father’s side the treasures included: a stuffed canary; a tiny stuffed crocodile (a gharial , taken from the Ganges); some crested china bought in seaside resorts; and a canteen of excellent cutlery given as a wedding present in 1899 and never taken from its box.
  • (9) The total bacterial count per item for crockery and cutlery exceeded the desired limit by five to 6400 times, whilst the count for utensils was also exceeded by over 100 times in both years.
  • (10) In John Lewis , union flag cutlery sales were up 22% and 30% of the bestselling cushions were emblazoned with the flag.
  • (11) Coins were found in 8 patients, toys in 3, pins and needles in 6, chicken bones and fish bones in 15, and toothpicks, shaving blades, cutlery, dentures, plastic bag containing cocaine, parts of a foam rubber mattress and other items in the remainder.
  • (12) This is the test to which, for a variety of reasons, the west has responded poorly in recent years, exemplified by the airline ban on the use of metal cutlery.
  • (13) Ninety-one percent knew there were no risks from touching and 80% no risks from sharing cutlery and crockery.
  • (14) While the two candidates jousted on television, cutlery clinked.
  • (15) On the ground, his influence can be seen in everything from compostable cutlery and crockery to hybrid campus shuttles and free staff commuter buses at the 39,000-employee global headquarters in Redmond, Washington .
  • (16) Efforts should also be made to teach people about the effectiveness of condoms as a precaution against serotransmission and to reassure people that HIV infection is unlikely to result from contacts with towels, cutlery, toilet seats, or from caring for AIDS victims.
  • (17) They arrive in a bustle with a crackle of paper bags and soon the meeting room table is festooned with salad boxes and plastic cutlery.
  • (18) We walk past a pond, at the centre of which stands a sculpture made up of bronze cutlery: a knife, a fork, a spoon.
  • (19) The chances of a terrorist successfully hijacking an aircraft by threatening passengers or crew with a table knife are now deemed negligible by the British government, which some weeks ago authorised airlines to resume using metal cutlery.
  • (20) His mother insisted that his death was accidental, part of an experiment to silver plate a spoon – he had previously gold plated another piece of cutlery by stripping the gold from a pocket watch – with the chemicals found in a pot on the stove.

Spoon


Definition:

  • (v. i.) See Spoom.
  • (n.) An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food.
  • (n.) Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait.
  • (n.) Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney.
  • (v. t.) To take up in, or as in, a spoon.
  • (v. i.) To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Sift the cocoa powder over the top and lightly but thoroughly fold it in with the metal spoon.
  • (2) Spoon over the dressing and eat immediately, while the tomatoes are still hot and the bread is crisp.
  • (3) Two years after its introduction, the Morley spoon was still the most commonly used method of preparing oral rehydration solution (ORS).
  • (4) I arrange my coins into ascending size in my pockets, for example, and nothing gives me more comfort than the knowledge that my forks, knives and spoons are all in the correct place, tessellating magnificently in their drawer.
  • (5) 2 Crumble the blue cheese into the porridge and then cook on a medium heat, stirring continuously with a wooden spoon until it thickens to your liking.
  • (6) Pour on to a large platter or individual plates, spoon the cauliflower and chickpeas on top, followed by the egg, tomatoes and chilli sauce.
  • (7) Rafa then spoons a volley long with an gaping court in front of him to bring up set point for Dimitrov.
  • (8) Possible causes of the error are salt type, spoon size, and leveling technique.
  • (9) a) synovial bursa ( schleimbeutel ) b) sneeze guard ( Spukschutz ) c) snotty-nosed brat – literally snot spoon ( rotzloeffel ) d) grumpy bastard – literally lump of vomit ( kotzbrocken ) 4,000 Jet-setters complain of a) Jetleg b) Jetleck c) Jetlag d) Jetlack 8,000 Who, if a contestant on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, would definitely not call the Joker?
  • (10) Spoon into the warm mushrooms, top with the tomatoes, sprinkle with pine nuts and serve.
  • (11) But the best moment came when I first heard Julie Andrews singing A Spoonful of Sugar .
  • (12) It was concluded that silver cone retrieval in more than half the cases could be performed easily with hand instruments, particularly spoon excavators.
  • (13) He might have been born with a silver spoon and declared bankruptcy four or five times but he is not dumb.
  • (14) 5 Pour the polenta on to two plates, arrange the grilled radicchio on top, then spoon the anchovy and rosemary sauce on top.
  • (15) Recipe supplied by Patrick Hanna, L'Entrepot, lentrepot.co.uk Clams with leek, fennel and parsley Though you could add a twirl of al dente spaghetti or linguine to this dish, it is the fragrant, briny broth that delights – better with a crusty loaf and a spoon.
  • (16) Pour spoonfuls of the batter into the hot oil and cook until bubbles form and the edges begin to harden.
  • (17) Open Mon-Sat 11am-midnight; Sun 12.30pm-11pm Spoon Cafe Bistro Spoon Cafe Bistro This place used to be known as Nicolson's Cafe or "one of the places where a single mum called Joanne sat in a corner to write some book about a boy wizard".
  • (18) In layer eight, the retinal axons were often large, spoon-shaped boutons that ended in apposition with the somata of the layer.
  • (19) However, when delivering the 2011 Reith Lecture , she added: “There are questions to be answered about the various relationships that developed afterwards and whether the UK supped with a sufficiently long spoon.” The archive clearly shows that Gaddafi hoped that this intelligence co-operation would result in British assistance in his attempts to round up and imprison Libyans who were living in exile in the UK, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Mali.
  • (20) Mixing the condensation silicones under the conditions of daily practice--one spoon of body plus a distinct amount of catalyst-resulted in hardness differences compared to using the exact dose.