teaspoon

B2 Topic:Food & Drink
US /ˈtiˌspun/ UK /ˈtiːˌspuːn/
verb noun Freq #28831

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A small spoon used for stirring drinks like tea or coffee.

    She stirred her coffee with a teaspoon.

  2. 2
    noun

    A unit of measurement in cooking, equal to about five millilitres.

    Add a teaspoon of salt to the mixture.

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Synonyms
2 noun · a unit of measurement in... teaspoonfultsp
Word family
Forms teaspoons

Etymology

From tea + spoon.

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