teaspoonful en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈtiːspuːnfəl/
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Etymology
From teaspoon + -ful.
Meanings
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A unit of capacity equal to the amount a teaspoon can hold which is taken approximately as 5 ml.
“When I say mind,” said the blood relation, “I refer to the quarter-teaspoonful of brain which you might possibly find in her head if you sank an artesian well.”
1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| teaspoonsful | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| tea-spoonful | alternative | lexicographic | |
| teaspoonfuls | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| tea spoonful | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (9)
ga taespúnóg (unit of capacity) · hu kávéskanálnyi (unit of capacity) · pl łyżeczka (unit of capacity) · es cucharadita (unit of capacity) · ru ча́йная ло́жка (unit of capacity) · da teskefuld (unit of capacity) · fi teelusikallinen (unit of capacity) · ca culleradeta (unit of capacity) · ga lán taespúnóige (unit of capacity)