Spoonful

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spoonful \Spoon"ful\ (-f[.u]l), n.; pl. {Spoonfuls} (-f[.u]lz).
     1. The quantity which a spoon contains, or is able to
        contain; as, a teaspoonful; a tablespoonful.
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     2. Hence, a small quantity. --Arbuthnot.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spoonful
       n : as much as a spoon will hold; "he added two spoons of sugar"
           [syn: {spoon}]