Associations to the word «Dessertspoonful»

Wiktionary

DESSERTSPOONFUL, noun. A quantity of something about the volume of a dessertspoon, or 2½ fluidrams.

Dictionary definition

DESSERTSPOONFUL, noun. As much as a dessert spoon will hold.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope