Associations to the word «Spoonful»

Wiktionary

SPOONFUL, noun. The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped.

Dictionary definition

SPOONFUL, noun. As much as a spoon will hold; "he added two spoons of sugar".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats