DESSERTSPOON

dessertspoon, dessertspoonful

(noun) as much as a dessert spoon will hold

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

dessertspoon (plural dessertspoons)

An item of cutlery; a spoon, larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon, used for eating dessert.

A unit of measure, being equivalent to two teaspoons or two-thirds of a tablespoon, or approximately 10 millilitres; a dessertspoonful.

More generally, that volume of a substance which is contained within a dessert spoon.

Source: Wiktionary



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