SPOONFUL

spoon, spoonful

(noun) as much as a spoon will hold; “he added two spoons of sugar”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

spoonful (plural spoonfuls or spoonsful)

The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped.

Source: Wiktionary


Spoon"ful, n.; pl. Spoonfuls (.

1. The quantity which a spoon contains, or is able to contain; as, a teaspoonful; a tablespoonful.

2. Hence, a small quantity. Arbuthnot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

9 January 2025

PRESENTATION

(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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