different between eating vs dessertspoon

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?t??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?it??/, [?i???]
• Hyphenation: eat?ing

Etymology 1

Verb

eating

1. present participle of eat

Adjective

eating (not comparable)

1. Bred to be eaten.

2. Suitable to be eaten without being cooked.

Derived terms

• eating apple

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Etymology 2

Noun

eating (countable and uncountable, plural eatings)

1. The act of ingesting food.
2. (informal, dialectal) Food; cooking, cuisine.

3. The act of corroding or consuming some substance.

Synonyms

• (ingesting food): dining, consuming, consumption

Derived terms

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Anagrams

• giante, ingate, tagine, tangie, teaing

English

Alternative forms

• dessert spoon

Etymology

dessert +? spoon

Noun

dessertspoon (plural dessertspoons)

1. An item of cutlery; a spoon, larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon, used for eating dessert.
2. A unit of measure, being equivalent to two teaspoons or two-thirds of a tablespoon, or approximately 10 millilitres; a dessertspoonful.
3. More generally, that volume of a substance which is contained within a dessert spoon.

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