spoonful
noun
spoon·ful
ˈspün-ˌfu̇l 
plural spoonfuls
ˈspün-ˌfu̇lz
also spoonsful
ˈspünz-ˌfu̇l
also spoonsful
ˈspünz-ˌfu̇l
: as much as a spoon will hold
specifically
: teaspoonful
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There's little a generous spoonful of fresh field peas won't compliment.
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Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 25 July 2024
There’s a soup so profound and minerally, so unfathomable in its distillation of seaweeds and mushrooms and other flora, that spoonfuls of it take me back to the wildness of Uh’s revelations last decade.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
Cincinnati Chili Instead of ladling this chili over spaghetti, try a few spoonfuls on your hot dog to transform it into a Cheese Coney, Cincinnati’s regional riff on Michigan’s Coney Island Hot Dog.
—Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
Stormi then sweetly asked as Jenner fed her a spoonful.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
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Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 25 July 2024
There’s a soup so profound and minerally, so unfathomable in its distillation of seaweeds and mushrooms and other flora, that spoonfuls of it take me back to the wildness of Uh’s revelations last decade.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
Cincinnati Chili Instead of ladling this chili over spaghetti, try a few spoonfuls on your hot dog to transform it into a Cheese Coney, Cincinnati’s regional riff on Michigan’s Coney Island Hot Dog.
—Anna Luisa Rodriguez, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
Stormi then sweetly asked as Jenner fed her a spoonful.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
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spoonful
noun
spoon·ful
ˈspün-ˌfu̇l
plural spoonfuls
-ˌfu̇lz
also spoonsful
ˈspünz-ˌfu̇l
also spoonsful
ˈspünz-ˌfu̇l
: as much as a spoon can hold
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