grapefruit spoon

English

WOTD – 16 August 2021

Etymology

Two kinds of grapefruit spoons, one with a serrated tip (top) and the other with just a pointed tip.

From grapefruit +‎ spoon.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪpfɹuːt ˌspuːn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɹeɪpfɹut ˈspun/
• Rhymes: -uːn
• Hyphenation: grape‧fruit spoon

Noun

grapefruit spoon (plural grapefruit spoons)

1. A spoon with a pointed and/or serrated tip designed for separating the flesh of a grapefruit from its rind.

   Synonym: orange spoon

Hypernyms

• spoon

Translations

spoon with a pointed and/or serrated tip designed for separating the flesh of a grapefruit from its rind

• Arabic: ملعقة برتقال f
• French: cuillère à pamplemousse (fr) f
• Japanese: グレープフルーツスプーン
• Russian: ло́жка для грейпфру́та f (lóžka dlja grejpfrúta)

Further reading

• grapefruit spoon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “grapefruit spoon”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.