From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Foodspoonfulspoon‧ful /ˈspuːnfʊl/ noun [countable]DFAMOUNTthe amount that a spoon will holdspoonful of
Two spoonfuls of sugar, please.Examples from the Corpusspoonful• Add a spoonful of bakingsoda to the red cabbage water.• Place a spoonful of beans in the bottom of each tin.• Place a spoonful of the mushroommixture in the centre of each top piece of filo.• All in a deliciousfruitytastingdailyspoonful.• In his cup, a lump of sugar, a dustyspoonful of Pream.• Where quantities are measured in spoonfuls we mean a level spoonful unless otherwise indicated.• She stopped cooking, and for days the boy and his sisters ate stalebread and tamarindjam by the spoonful.spoonful of• a spoonful of sugar
