spoonful
/ˈspuːnfəl/
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obsolete/ˈspʌnfʊl/
spoonful noun: the amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped.
Noun
spoonful (plural spoonfuls or spoonsful)
- 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
- But Richmond […] appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax, London; Melbourne, Vic.: William Heinemann, →OCLC
spoonful meaning in Marathi, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
spoonful in Marathi
- amount a spoon will hold
- चमचाभर camcābhar
spoonful in Bengali
- এক চামচ পরিমাণ
spoonful in Telugu
- amount a spoon will hold
- గరిటెడు gariṭeḍu
spoonful in Malayalam
- കരണ്ടിയളവ്, കുറച്ച്, അല്പം
More languagesFewer languages
- spoonful in Arabic
- ملء ملعقَة
- spoonful in Indonesian
- sendok, sesendok
- spoonful in Vietnamese
- một muổng
Examples of spoonful in a sentence
- Every six months, spoonfuls of castor oil were administered to combat constipation.
- “I'm glad you like it.” She blew on her spoonful before she took a bite.
- This recipe is inspired by those nostalgia-inducing spoonfuls of bacony, brown sugary–sweet, grill-side beans.
Forms of spoonful
| plural | spoonfuls |
|---|---|
| plural | spoonsful |
Origin of spoonful
From Middle English sponeful, sponefull, sponful, spone-ful, equivalent to spoon + -ful.
Words formed from spoonful
Phrases with spoonful
Questions about spoonful
- What does spoonful mean?
- Spoonful means the amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped.
- What is spoonful in Marathi?
- Spoonful in Marathi is चमचाभर (camcābhar). See Spoonful meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is spoonful?
- Spoonful is a noun.
- How do you pronounce spoonful?
- Spoonful is pronounced /ˈspuːnfəl/.
- What is the plural of spoonful?
- The plural of spoonful is spoonfuls.
Words near spoonful in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: spoonful (page history and authors); spoonful (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); spoonful (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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