teaspoonful
noun
the amount a teaspoon can hold.
half-teaspoonful
-
a word derived from
teaspoonful.
Example Sentences
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On the fifth day she takes a half-teaspoonful of cystine, cysteine, d-1-methionine, l-methionine, cystine-disulfoxide, sulfonic acid or cysteic acid, the seven body sulfur compounds crystallized by Lankenau's Chemist Gerrit Toennies.
From Time Magazine Archive
To make soda-biscuits sift one level teaspoonful of soda, one half-teaspoonful salt, and one quart of flour together three times so as to get the soda thoroughly well mixed in.
From Health on the Farm A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene by H. F. (Henry Fauntleroy) Harris
Drain, when soft, and put into a saucepan with an ounce of butter, one small onion chopped fine, one saltspoonful of salt and a half-teaspoonful of curry powder.
From Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition) How to Cook and Use Rarer Vegetables and Herbs by Anonymous
Then take it off the fire and add a saltspoonful of salt and a half-teaspoonful of vanilla, and let it get perfectly cold.
From A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl by Caroline French Benton
Put in a small half-teaspoonful of salt, a pinch of cayenne, and a squeeze of lemon.
From A Little Cook Book for a Little Girl by Caroline French Benton
