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Teaspoonful

/tˈiˌspunfəl/
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(noun) A unit of capacity equal to the amount a teaspoon can hold which is taken approximately as 5 ml.

A teaspoonful is less than a tablespoonful.
Add the juice of half a lime and a teaspoonful of demerara sugar.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The recipe for the cake requires one ____ of vanilla extract to be added to the mixture of butter and sugar today.

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