Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
spoonful
IPA transcription: [sp'unf,ʊl]
Pronunciations of spoonful
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noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
spoon, spoonful
Meaning:
as much as a spoon will hold; "he added two spoons of sugar"
Usage examples
"I put a spoonful of sugar in.
After travellin'--just a spoonful or two.'
I'm always forgetting it . . . so I popped a spoonful in."
Dust a plate with cracker crumbs and on this place a spoonful of the fried mixture.
Drop them by the large spoonful into hot lard, and fry them till a very light brown color.
When light, drop this mixture by the large spoonful on to flat, buttered tins, several inches apart.
Drop the batter by the spoonful into hot lard, taking care to have a slice of apple in each fritter.
Place a chop on top of this, cover it with another spoonful of the mixture and dust with cracker crumbs.
With the first spoonful he took up the ring, and a thrill ran through him; in the second he beheld the feather and rose from his chair.
He would sit before his soup, take up his spoon and look into the soup, bend over it, examine it, take a spoonful and hold it to the light.
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