spork

«spork» in Mova's school dictionary: a plastic or metal eating tool that is a spoon and a fork… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a spork, sporks)

meaning for a pupil

A spork is a plastic or metal eating tool that is a spoon and a fork in one: a spoon shape with short prongs at the tip. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, sporks come with take-away food, lunch boxes and camping kits. The word is a blend (portmanteau) of "spoon" and "fork", like "brunch" from breakfast and lunch — useful for English lessons on how words are made. In the Toy Story 4 film, the character Forky is made from a spork.

examples

• I ate my salad with a plastic spork. tree →
• Camping kits often include a spork. tree →
• A spork is a spoon and a fork joined together. tree →
• "Spork" is made by blending the words "spoon" and "fork". tree →
• The spork wasn't good for soup — the soup ran through the gaps. tree →
• Forky in Toy Story 4 is made from a spork. tree →
• Bring a reusable spork instead of a plastic one. tree →

note

Countable: sporks. A blend word (spoon + fork), like smog (smoke + fog) and brunch. There is also a "splayd" in Australia: a spoon, fork and knife in one.

In the corpora

• A blend is a new word made from parts of two words, like spork, brunch and smog.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «spork» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.