Meaning

1 senses
  1. A unit of capacity equal to the amount a teaspoon can hold which is taken approximately as 5 ml.

    ча́йная ло́жкаčájnaja lóžka

    as much as a teaspoon will hold

Examples

3 sentences
  1. A teaspoonful is less than a tablespoonful.

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  2. Add 3 tablespoonfuls of flour and half a teaspoonful of salt.

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  3. Add the juice of half a lime and a teaspoonful of demerara sugar.

    deDen Saft einer halben Limone und einen Teelöffel braunen Zucker dazugeben.

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Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
unit of capacity:

Origin

From teaspoon + -ful.

From teaspoon + -ful.

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Forms

plural: teaspoonfuls / teaspoonsful

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • as much as a teaspoon will hold:teaspoon

See also

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