Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spoonful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spoonful \Spoon"ful\, n.; pl. {Spoonfuls}.
1. The quantity which a spoon contains, or is able to
contain; as, a teaspoonful; a tablespoonful.
2. Hence, a small quantity. --Arbuthnot.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spoonful
n : as much as a spoon will hold; "he added two spoons of sugar"
[syn: {spoon}]
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