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UK
/tˈiːspuːn/
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[ US /ˈtiˌspun/ ]
[ US /ˈtiˌspun/ ]
NOUN
- as much as a teaspoon will hold
- a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee; holds about one fluid dram
How To Use teaspoon 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.
- One scoop of ice cream holds seven teaspoons of sugar.
- Next day put them in a saucepan with the same water, plus a half teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda.
- About four teaspoons seems to do the trick, so you have be fairly liberal with a low-calorie dressing containing vinegar on your salad to get the benefit. Times, Sunday Times
- A dessertspoon of mixed spice, a tablespoon of treacle, a quarter teaspoon of bicarb soda. Archive 2004-12-01
- The American Heart Association (AHA) is reporting that Americans are eating about 22 teaspoons of sugar (or 350 calories) every day from the "added sugar" in processed foods and beverages. Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Artificial Sweeteners: Are They Better or Worse Than the Real Thing?
- If she was this careful and I was fool enough to admit that I dossed in the park she'd probably stick me in some garret over her stables, with that businessman of hers counting the teaspoons every time I went for a pee. The Vatican Rip
- Zest the rind of a lemon to produce one teaspoon of zest.
- You can deodorise your refrigerator, garbage bin and compost bucket by washing them out with a litre of water, to which has been added one teaspoon of lemon juice.
- Add two teaspoonfuls of a mentholated rub and gently inhale the steaming mentholated vapours.