dessertspoonful
noun
as much as a dessertspoon can hold: 2½ fluid drams.
dessertspoonfuls
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pluralof dessertspoonful.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Spoon dessertspoonfuls of meringue on the trays spaced well apart and top each with a good pinch of coconut.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2012
If oven-plates are used, put dessertspoonfuls some distance apart on these and put in oven.
From Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. by Mrs. (Jean Oliver) Mill
Add two dessertspoonfuls of onions chopped fine, a dessertspoonful of whole pepper, one of allspice, one of cloves, and half a spoonful of cayenne pepper.
From Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition) How to Cook and Use Rarer Vegetables and Herbs by Anonymous
Ingredients—1 pint of water.2 dessertspoonfuls of fine oatmeal.
From The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience by Mary Harrison
Give this warm in dessertspoonfuls every five minutes.
From Papers on Health by Edward Bruce Kirk
