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teaspoonful

/ˈtiːspuːnfəl/

teaspoonful noun: a unit of capacity equal to the amount a teaspoon can hold which is taken approximately as 5 ml.

Noun

teaspoonful (plural teaspoonfuls or teaspoonsful)

  1. A unit of capacity equal to the amount a teaspoon can hold which is taken approximately as 5 ml.
    • “When I say mind,” said the blood relation, “I refer to the quarter-teaspoonful of brain which you might possibly find in her head if you sank an artesian well.”1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    teaspoon, tsp

teaspoonful meaning in Bengali

teaspoonful in Bengali

চা চামচএ যতটুকু ধরে, মিলিলিটার হিসেবে ধরা হয়

Examples of teaspoonful in a sentence

  • Tooth-combed seven heads, had grand sport; mixed bag, measured one teaspoonful; cleanliness is next to godliness!
  • When travelling it is very convenient, as 2 teaspoonfuls make a coffee-potful.
  • Milquetoastedly, I shook on a teaspoonful, tasted, then added more.

All 10 example sentences with teaspoonful

Synonyms of teaspoonful

Forms of teaspoonful

pluralteaspoonfuls
pluralteaspoonsful
alternative formtea spoonful
alternative formtea-spoonful

Origin of teaspoonful

From teaspoon + -ful.

Questions about teaspoonful

What does teaspoonful mean?
Teaspoonful means a unit of capacity equal to the amount a teaspoon can hold which is taken approximately as 5 ml.
What is teaspoonful in Bengali?
Teaspoonful in Bengali is চা চামচএ যতটুকু ধরে, মিলিলিটার হিসেবে ধরা হয়. See Teaspoonful meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is teaspoonful?
Teaspoonful is a noun.
How do you pronounce teaspoonful?
Teaspoonful is pronounced /ˈtiːspuːnfəl/.
What is the plural of teaspoonful?
The plural of teaspoonful is teaspoonfuls.

Words near teaspoonful in the dictionary

  1. teasling
  2. Teasmade
  3. Teasmades
  4. teaspoon
  5. teaspooned
  6. teaspoonful
  7. teaspoonfuls
  8. teaspooning
  9. teaspoons
  10. teaspoonsful
  11. Teaster

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Adapted from Wiktionary: teaspoonful (page history and authors); teaspoonful (Bengali 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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