Crossword clues for dessertspoon
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
alt. 1 An item of cutlery; a spoon, larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon, used for eating dessert. 2 A unit of measure, being equivalent to two teaspoons or two-thirds of a tablespoon, or approximately 10 millilitres; a dessertspoonful. 3 More generally, that volume of a substance which is contained within a dessert spoon. n. 1 An item of cutlery; a spoon, larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon, used for eating dessert. 2 A unit of measure, being equivalent to two teaspoons or two-thirds of a tablespoon, or approximately 10 millilitres; a dessertspoonful. 3 More generally, that volume of a substance which is contained within a dessert spoon.
WordNet
n. as much as a dessertspoon will hold [syn: dessertspoonful]
Usage examples of "dessertspoon".
No one took sugar, though it was there in its packet, a dessertspoon sticking out.
Turvey, had only about 1 dessertspoon (10 ml) of the stuff to work on, but he was still able to isolate all kinds of material in it, including plant debris, freshwater algae, roundworms and bacteria.