Dictionary

spoonful en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈspuːnfʊl/
• /ˈspuːnfəl/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈspʌnfʊl/ (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped.
   • But Richmond […] appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either. 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax, London; Melbourne, Vic.: William Heinemann, →OCLC:
   • Martin roused himself and sat up and began to eat, between spoonfuls reassuring Maria that he had not been talking in his sleep and that he did not have any fever. 1908 September – 1909 September, Jack London, chapter XL, in Martin Eden, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published September 1909, →OCLC, page 345:

Forms

Coordinates

forkful · knifeful · sporkful · ladleful

Deriveds

a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down · a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down

Hyponyms

saltspoonful · serving spoonful · teaspoonful · dessertspoonful · coffeespoonful · tablespoonful · eggspoonful · soupspoonful

Translations (43)

is skeið (amount a spoon will hold) · pt colherada (amount a spoon will hold) · fr cuillerée (amount a spoon will hold) · bg лъжица (amount a spoon will hold) · izh lusikalliin (amount a spoon will hold) · af lepelvol (amount a spoon will hold) · izh lusikka (amount a spoon will hold) · eu koilarakada (amount a spoon will hold) · cs lžíce (amount a spoon will hold) · is skeiðarfylli (amount a spoon will hold) · pdt Läpelvoll (amount a spoon will hold) · id sendok (amount a spoon will hold) · cs lžička (amount a spoon will hold) · it cucchiaiata (amount a spoon will hold) · id sesendok (amount a spoon will hold) · ca cullerada (amount a spoon will hold) · fi lusikallinen (amount a spoon will hold) · es cucharada (amount a spoon will hold) · et lusikatäis (amount a spoon will hold) · nl lepel (amount a spoon will hold) · ko 숟가락 하나 가득 (amount a spoon will hold) · ja スプーン一杯 (amount a spoon will hold) · ru ло́жка (amount a spoon will hold) · da skefuld (amount a spoon will hold) · vi một muổng (amount a spoon will hold) · te గరిటెడు (amount a spoon will hold) · it cucchiaio (amount a spoon will hold) · cmn 一匙的量 (amount a spoon will hold) · lt šaukštas (amount a spoon will hold) · sv sked (amount a spoon will hold) · ar ملء ملعقَة (amount a spoon will hold) · nrf tchul'lée (amount a spoon will hold) · el κουταλιά (amount a spoon will hold) · gd làn na spàine (amount a spoon will hold) · de Löffelvoll (amount a spoon will hold) · gv lane spein (amount a spoon will hold) · pl łyżeczka (amount a spoon will hold) · hu kanálnyi (amount a spoon will hold) · mr चमचाभर (amount a spoon will hold) · ga lán spúnóige (amount a spoon will hold) · io kulieredo (amount a spoon will hold) · nl lepelvol (amount a spoon will hold) · eo ĉerpeto (amount a spoon will hold)