Dessertspoonful (Noun)
Meaning
As much as a dessert spoon will hold.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- Add a dessertspoonful of sugar to the mixture and stir well.
- She measured out a dessertspoonful of flour and added it to the batter.
- The recipe called for a dessertspoonful of vanilla extract to be added to the cream.
- To make the sauce, combine a dessertspoonful of butter and a dessertspoonful of flour in a pan.
- A dessertspoonful of honey was all that was needed to sweeten the tea.