Teaspoonful

ahd-5
  • noun. The amount that a teaspoon can hold.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. As much as a teaspoon holds; as a definite quantity, a fluidrachm. When solids are measured by the teaspoonful, the spoon is generally heaped.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. As much as teaspoon will hold; enough to fill a teaspoon. In cooking, it is usually estimated as 4.9 milliliters, which is 1/6 of a fluid ounce, or 1/3 of a tablespoonful. In cooking recipes it may be abbreviated as t.
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  • noun. A unit of capacity equal to the amount a teaspoon can hold which is taken approximately as 5ml.
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  • noun. as much as a teaspoon will hold
    • Word Usage
    "Trying to swallow them by the teaspoonful is another -- and, let me say from the get-go, not an advisable -- thing altogether."
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