as in spoon
a utensil with a bowl and a handle that is used especially in cooking and serving food
the metal dipper left in the stew pot was too hot to touch
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Recent Examples of dipper
Serve with endive cups for the best elegant dipper.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
From the Big Dipper, trace a line away from the handle through the two stars that form the top of the dipper’s bowl, and that will point at Capella.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
How to Make Gourd Snakes Most snakes can climb a tree and slither from limb to limb with ease—especially ones made from long-neck dipper gourds.
—Beverly Rivers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2024
Once softened, use the wick dipper to scrape the wax off the sides and into the center of the candle.
—Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 27 July 2024
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
From the Big Dipper, trace a line away from the handle through the two stars that form the top of the dipper’s bowl, and that will point at Capella.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
How to Make Gourd Snakes Most snakes can climb a tree and slither from limb to limb with ease—especially ones made from long-neck dipper gourds.
—Beverly Rivers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2024
Once softened, use the wick dipper to scrape the wax off the sides and into the center of the candle.
—Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 27 July 2024
See All Example Sentences for dipper
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“Dipper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dipper. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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