The amount that a spoon can hold, used as a measurement of quantity.
From Old English 'spon' (a chip of wood) which was the original spoon material, plus 'full.' The word has meant a spoon's capacity since at least the 1200s.
The spoon is one of humanity's oldest and most universal tools—appearing independently in cultures across the globe—because the human hand's shape naturally curves into a bowl, making it easy to shape the first eating utensils.
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