soupspoonful
soupspoonful noun: the amount that may be held by a soupspoon.
Noun
soupspoonful (plural soupspoonfuls or soupspoonsful)
- The amount that may be held by a soupspoon.
- Add a soupspoonful of olive oil.
- Two or three soupspoonsful of this solution in a quart of hot water may be used as an injection, morning and evening, to correct the fœtidity of leucorrhœic discharges which accompany some cases of endometritis, polypus, fibrous bodies, ulceration of the cervix uteri, or even simple vaginitis.1890, “Gynæcological Therapeutics”, in Ernest W. Cushing, Louis Starr, editors, Annals of Gynæcology and Pædiatry. A Monthly Review of Gynæcology, Obstetrics, Abdominal Surgery, and the Diseases of...
- Synonyms:
- soupspoon
Synonyms of soupspoonful
Forms of soupspoonful
| plural | soupspoonfuls |
|---|---|
| plural | soupspoonsful |
Origin of soupspoonful
From soupspoon + -ful.
Questions about soupspoonful
- What does soupspoonful mean?
- Soupspoonful means the amount that may be held by a soupspoon.
- What part of speech is soupspoonful?
- Soupspoonful is a noun.
- What is the plural of soupspoonful?
- The plural of soupspoonful is soupspoonfuls.
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