dessertspoonful

4.8

The amount a dessert spoon can hold when cooking

noun
/dɪˈzɜrtˌspunfəl/

: cucharada de postre

The recipe called for two dessertspoonfuls of olive oil.

Examples

He added a single dessertspoonful of honey to his tea.
He measured a dessertspoonful of vanilla extract.
Add one dessertspoonful of sugar to the mixture and stir well.
Add one dessertspoonful of sugar to the mixture.
Add one dessertspoonful of sugar to the mixture and stir well.
He added a single dessertspoonful of honey to his tea.
The recipe called for two dessertspoonfuls of olive oil.

Synonyms

spoon

vsdessertspoonful

46 1.0

A small amount of food or liquid that fills a bowl-shaped tool

is the specific cooking measure rather than a general utensil amount

spoonful

vsdessertspoonful

26 1.0

An amount of something that fills a spoon

is a precise cooking measure tied to one particular utensil size

dessertspoon

vsdessertspoonful

4.9

A measure of volume equal to about 10 millilitres or 2 teaspoons

is used without stating the exact millilitre amount

How Much

cupful

2 1.7

tablespoonful

1 1.1

dessertspoonful

4.8

teaspoonful

1 1.0

Surface Forms

dessertspoonful singular

dessertspoonfuls plural

Morphology

dessertspoonful = dessert + spoon (transparent) = dessert + spoon + ful

The form is built from 'dessert' + 'spoon' (a type of spoon) with the measurable suffix '-ful', making the formation and meaning directly inferable.

Etymology

Dessertspoonful comes from dessert ('the sweet course at the end of a meal') + spoon and the ending -ful ('a full spoon'). So a dessertspoonful is simply the amount a dessert spoon can hold, used as a small cooking measure.