teaspoonful
Americannoun
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teaspoonfuls
plural
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the amount a teaspoon can hold.
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a volumetric measure equal to 1/6 fluid ounce (4.9 milliliters); 1/3 tablespoonful. t., tsp.
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The pool of aspirants is too large and the quantity of jobs too small, and of those jobs only a teaspoonful are remunerative enough to pay for such things as rent.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2022
“This is just about the amount of a teaspoon. Less than a teaspoonful of dry anthrax in an envelope shut down the United States Senate in the fall of 2001.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2021
Another way to achieve this is by taking a page out of "Good Eats" host Alton Brown's book: Add a teaspoonful of mayonnaise to your scrambled eggs.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2021
Some of the facts about these cataclysmic events are staggering: for example, neutron stars are so dense that a teaspoonful would weigh a billion tonnes.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2017
Later, when I was brought dinner, stiff cold porridge with a half teaspoonful of sugar, I refused to eat it.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Most supermarket-brand carbonated drinks have between nine and 13 teaspoonfuls.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2015
Scrape half the mixture into the tin and dot teaspoonfuls of salted caramel over the surface.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2012
Cover with the remaining brownie mix and top with more teaspoonfuls of caramel.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2012
Each pull on the syringes yields just a few teaspoonfuls of bright red spongy fluid.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three cupfuls of milk, two cupfuls of sifted flour, three eggs, one pinch of salt, and two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
From The Myrtle Reed Cook Book by Myrtle Reed
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