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UK
/spˈuːnfəl/
]
[ US /ˈspunˌfʊɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈspunˌfʊɫ/ ]
NOUN
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as much as a spoon will hold
he added two spoons of sugar
How To Use spoonful In A Sentence
- _ -- Soak a teaspoonful of gelatine in a dessert spoonful of water. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII. No. 358, November 6, 1886.
- The nurse tried to catch drips before they hit the bedspread and wiped his chin after every other spoonful.
- Start the jug swinging and try to insert spoonfuls of soggy cereal into the mouth of the jug while pretending to be a plane.
- Then pound the liver to a paste, add a tablespoonful of salt, a saltspoonful of white pepper; add three quarters of a pound of clarified butter; pound well together and pass through a wire sieve; put into pots; smooth over the top with a knife, then pour over hot clarified butter or lard and keep in a cool place. My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec
- Add two teaspoonfuls of a mentholated rub and gently inhale the steaming mentholated vapours.
- The remains of the vial itself still contained the bulk of the fluid; at most, a teaspoonful. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
- Pour over the egg mixture and place spoonfuls of goat's curd or cheese around the fennel. Times, Sunday Times
- In a bowl, mix together the eggs, milk, cream and some pepper and cheese (add one or two tablespoonfuls, depending on whether you want a pronounced cheesy flavour or not).
- One of the tea ladies revealed that her employer had an unusual taste in beverages as he enjoyed his cup of tea with a spoonful of honey.
- A few spoonfuls of this warm and soft compote, served in a glass and topped with a little dollop of crème fraîche, was unanimously described as a crustless tarte tatin - just what we needed.