noun
- the amount that a dessert spoon can hold; a unit of measurement equal to approximately 2 teaspoons or 10 milliliters
Usage: chiefly British; also called a dessertspoon
Examples
- Add a dessertspoonful of sugar to the mixture.
- The recipe calls for two dessertspoonfuls of vanilla extract.
- She measured out a dessertspoonful of honey for the tea.
- A dessertspoonful is larger than a teaspoon but smaller than a tablespoon.
- The medicine should be taken in doses of one dessertspoonful three times daily.