Meaning

3 senses
  1. A unit of measure, being equivalent to two teaspoons or two-thirds of a tablespoon, or approximately ten millilitres; a dessertspoonful.

    Dessertlöffel

    десе́ртная ло́жкаdesértnaja lóžka

  2. More generally, that volume of a substance which is contained within a dessert spoon.

    as much as a dessert spoon will hold

  3. (rare)An item of cutlery; a spoon, larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon, used for eating dessert.

    Dessertlöffel, Teelöffel

    десе́ртная ло́жкаdesértnaja lóžka

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Why's Tom using a teaspoon instead of a dessertspoon?

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Translations

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Русский
By meaning 1
unit of measure:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
unit of measure:
spoon:

Origin

From dessert + spoon.

From dessert + spoon.

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Forms

plural: dessertspoons

Synonyms

3 synonyms
dsp.dstspn.
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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