Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The common small spoon used especially in serving and consuming tea, coffee, and desserts.
- noun A household cooking measure equal to 1/3 tablespoon (about 5 milliliters).
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small spoon used with the tea-cup, or in similar ways: it is larger than the coffee-spoon and smaller than the dessert-spoon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc., and for other purposes.
- noun same as
teaspoonful .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a small spoon used to stir the contents of a
cup orglass . - noun a unit of measure, worth one-third of a
tablespoon or roughly fivemilliliters .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun as much as a teaspoon will hold
- noun a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee; holds about one fluid dram
Etymologies
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Examples
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Combine 1 teaspoon peppermint leaf, ½-teaspoon thyme leaf, and ½-teaspoon sage leaf.
Gentle Healing for Baby and Child Andrea Candee 2000
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My college roommate literally lives in a teaspoon, but because that teaspoon is located on the Upper West Side, she has to pay hundreds of dollars a month.
The Rent is Too Damn High -- in praise of Jimmy McMillan Alexandra Petri 2010
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Although five potentially lost teaspoons were recovered after the study was revealed, no one admitted permanently removing a teaspoon from the institute.
Archive 2006-01-08 Edward Willett 2006
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A teaspoon is great but next time, I'll skip the oil entirely ... it's just not necessary.
A Veggie Venture 2005
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A teaspoon is great but next time, I'll skip the oil entirely ... it's just not necessary.
A Veggie Venture 2005
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A teaspoon is great but next time, I'll skip the oil entirely ... it's just not necessary.
A Veggie Venture 2005
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A teaspoon is great but next time, I'll skip the oil entirely ... it's just not necessary.
A Veggie Venture 2005
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A teaspoon is great but next time, I'll skip the oil entirely ... it's just not necessary.
A Veggie Venture 2005
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A teaspoon is great but next time, I'll skip the oil entirely ... it's just not necessary.
A Veggie Venture 2005
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A teaspoon is great but next time, I'll skip the oil entirely ... it's just not necessary.
A Veggie Venture 2005
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