dessertspoonful

[ dih-zurt-spoon-fool ]

noun

, plural des·sert·spoon·fuls.

1. as much as a dessertspoon can hold: 2½ fluid drams.

Spelling Note

See -ful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dessertspoonful¹

First recorded in 1870–75; dessertspoon + -ful

Example Sentences

While hot put in a small lump of butter and a dessertspoonful of salt.

From Project Gutenberg

Fry in very hot grease using about a dessertspoonful of batter for each cake.

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Pour over the above, one cup warm water in which one level dessertspoonful of soda has been dissolved.

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Drop this batter on lightly buttered pans in round cakes, having about a dessertspoonful in each cake.

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When almost cold, add a dessertspoonful of vanilla and a tablespoonful of brandy.

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