spoonful

A2 Topic:Food & Drink
US /ˈspuːnfəl/
noun Freq #26893

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    as much as a spoon will hold

    The word spoonful appears in scientific writing with a precise technical sense.

  2. 2
    noun

    The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped.

    The word spoonful appears in scientific writing with a precise technical sense.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · as much as a spoon will hold spoon
Word family
Forms spoonfuls

Etymology

From Middle English sponeful, sponefull, sponful, spone-ful, equivalent to spoon + -ful.

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