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spoonful
[ spoon-fool ]
spoonful
/ ˈspuːnˌfʊl /
noun
- the amount that a spoon is able to hold
- a small quantity
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Other Words From
- half-spoonful adjective noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
A spoonful of typical soil could easily contain billions of microbes, and Antarctic soils from other regions host at least a few thousand per gram.
Add a large spoonful of icing to the top of the layer, then spread the icing to the edges of the cake.
I’ve even topped it with a few spoonfuls of plain yogurt for breakfast.
Each spoonful is a delightful reminder that spring, like other times of year, is also soup season.
By tasting, and then swallowing, a lava-hot spoonful of bechamel for a pot pie filling.
Warm milk mixed with a spoonful of fireplace ashes seemed to also be popular among 19th century England.
But the complaints about the current administration did sometimes come with a spoonful of sugar, or at least a cornball of humor.
She smacks her lips in satisfaction, then slurps another spoonful of orange broth.
Saving Mr. Banks is about as aggressively sweet as a spoonful of sugar.
For each portion, set a breast on the bottom of a warm plate and set a large spoonful of avocado chutney alongside it.
A dessert-spoonful of brandy may be added, if required to keep a long time.
Sirdeller stretched out his hand and very deliberately drank a table-spoonful or two of his milk.
Here we sat late, and so home to bed, having got my Lady Batten to give me a spoonful of honey for my cold.
Young Joe tried to smile, with a slice of chicken in one hand and a spoonful of preserves in the other, and a mouthful of both.
I looked through the window as my last spoonful of dessert was eaten, and saw the sky breaking into blue.
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