Meaning

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

    Löffelvoll

    ло́жкаlóžka

    as much as a spoon will hold

Examples

23 sentences
  1. Tom ate a spoonful of peanut butter.

    ruТом съел полную ложку арахисовой пасты.

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  2. I put a spoonful of sugar in the tea.

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  3. How many spoonfuls of sugar do you usually put in your tea?

    ruСколько ложек сахара ты обычно кладёшь в чай?

    deWie viele Löffel Zucker tust du normalerweise in deinen Tee?

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  4. Tom likes to eat spoonfuls of peanut butter right out of the jar.

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  5. A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
amount a spoon will hold:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
amount a spoon will hold:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: spoonfuls / spoonsful
Singularspoonful
Pluralspoonfuls / spoonsful

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • as much as a spoon will hold:spoon

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
spoonful — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto