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Teaspoonful   /tˈispˌunfəl/   Listen
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Teaspoonful  n.  (pl. teaspoonfuls or teaspoonsful)  As much as teaspoon will hold; enough to fill a teaspoon. In cooking, it is usually estimated as 4.9 milliliters, which is 1/6 of a fluid ounce, or 1/3 of a tablespoonful. In cooking recipes it may be abbreviated as t. Note: In the 1890 dictionary, it was defined as a fluid dram or one quarter of a tablespoonful.






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"Teaspoonful" Quotes from Famous Books



... water was put into the dish, and the washing process was continued till but a teaspoonful ...
— The Tale of Timber Town • Alfred Grace

... salted water until tender; then cut the meat from the bone. Fry 1 dozen small peeled onions and 3 potatoes, cut into dice pieces; stir in 1 tablespoonful of flour and the sauce in which the meat was cooked. Let boil up, add the sliced meat, 1 teaspoonful of paprica and salt to taste; let all cook together fifteen minutes then ...
— 365 Foreign Dishes • Unknown

... much as a teaspoonful of cold spinach was wasted in these days. Justine's "left-over" dishes were quite as good as anything else she cooked; her artful combinations, her garnishes of pastry, her illusive seasoning, her enveloping and varied sauces disguised and transformed ...
— The Treasure • Kathleen Norris

... living in one house; One caught a Muffin, the other caught a Mouse. Said he who caught the Muffin to him who caught the Mouse, "This happens just in time, for we've nothing in the house, Save a tiny slice of lemon and a teaspoonful of honey, And what to do for dinner,—since we haven't any money? And what can we expect if we haven't any dinner But to lose our teeth and eyelashes and keep on ...
— The Book of Humorous Verse • Various

... the cover, the whole jar was luminous; as the smoke disappeared in spots cavities of darkness appeared. Turn the same ray into a tumbler of water, [Page 39] it becomes faintly visible; stir into it a teaspoonful of milk, then turn in the ray of sunlight, and it glows like a lamp, illuminating the whole room. These experiments show how the straight rays of the sun are diffused in ...
— Recreations in Astronomy - With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work • Henry Warren


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