spoonful
noun
as much as a spoon can hold.
half-spoonful
-
a word derived from
spoonful.
Example Sentences
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To measure a half-spoonful, fill and level the spoon, then divide in half lengthways; for quarter-spoonfuls, divide the halves crossways.
From The Story of Crisco by Marion Harris Neil
This was done after each half-spoonful of the mixture was poured in.
From The Treasure of the Incas by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
But, after half an hour or more, when she began to be uneasy again, I repeated my manœuvre and made her swallow another half-spoonful of the potion.
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 by Charles Paul de Kock
