teaspoonful
teaspoonful
Definition
tea·spoon·ful (-fo̵ol′)
noun pl. -·fuls′
as much as a teaspoon will hold
teaspoonful
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- mixture: Put just under a teaspoonful of the mixture into each paper case.
- sugar: Back to Top Whiskey Sour To a double Scotch add the juice of half a lemon and half a teaspoonful of sugar.
- salt: Since then I have been placing a teaspoonful of ordinary salt into the heart of the plant.
- seed: Since I only sprout about a teaspoonful of seed every week, I think.. .
- oil: The ratio is approximately five drops of essential oil in two teaspoonfuls of carrier oil.
- bicarbonate: Soak them for 48 hours first, then simmer in water with a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda to soften.
Converse of object
- add: In order to prevent disease I also add a teaspoonful of cooking salt per gallon of water.
- take: Take one teaspoonful for 3 days with warm water.
- heap: Then grease two baking trays and drop heaped teaspoonfuls onto them, leaving a little space for expansion.
- put: Put approximately a teaspoonful of dried rice or lentils in the middle of the glued paper.
- mix: Antiseptic solution - one teaspoonful mixed with warm water for cleaning cuts and grazes.
- dissolve: Take half a cupful of hot water and dissolve ten teaspoonfuls of salt in it.
Noun used with modifier
- drop: Drop teaspoonfuls on oiled sheet, about 1 inch apart.
Adjective modifier
- big: Reduce the heat, and add a really big teaspoonful of the hoisin.
- small: Try giving your baby three or four small teaspoonfuls of food only part way through or after their bottle feed.
Preposition: in
- cup: Dried herb tea: half a teaspoonful in a cup of boiling water two to three times a day.
