Teaspoon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The common small spoon used especially in serving and consuming tea, coffee, and desserts.
  • n. A household cooking measure equal to 1/3 tablespoon (about 5 milliliters). See Table at measurement.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a small spoon used to stir the contents of a cup or glass.
  • n. a unit of measure, worth one-third of a tablespoon or roughly five milliliters.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc., and for other purposes.
  • n. same as teaspoonful.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. as much as a teaspoon will hold
  • n. a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee; holds about one fluid dram
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