spooneful

Noun

spoonful (plural spoonfuls or spoonsful)

1. The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped.
   • Martin roused himself and sat up and began to eat, between spoonfuls reassuring Maria that he had not been talking in his sleep and that he did not have any fever.1908 September – 1909 September, Jack London, chapter XL, in Martin Eden, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published September 1909, →OCLC, page 345