Teaspoonful Meaning
/ˈtiːspuːnfəl/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA unit of capacity equal to the amount a teaspoon can hold which is taken approximately as 5 ml.
Sentence Examples
A teaspoonful is less than a tablespoonful.
Add the juice of half a lime and a teaspoonful of demerara sugar.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The recipe requires one ____ of baking soda sifted into the flour.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The recipe for the cake requires one ____ of vanilla extract to be added to the mixture of butter and sugar today.
Word Origin & History
From teaspoon + -ful.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"“When I say mind,” said the blood relation, “I refer to the quarter-teaspoonful of brain which you might possibly find in her head if you sank an artesian well.”"
— 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The recipe requires one ____ of baking soda sifted into the flour.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The recipe for the cake requires one ____ of vanilla extract to be added to the mixture of butter and sugar today.