spoonful

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Pronunciation

/ˈspuːnfəl/

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/ˈspuːnfəl/ · /ˈspuːnfʊl/ · /ˈspʌnfʊl/

Definition of spoonful

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noun

The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped.

“But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.”

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From Middle English sponeful, sponefull, sponful, spone-ful, equivalent to spoon + -ful.

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