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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
teaspoon
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a teaspoon/spoonful of sugar
▪ The drink contains seven teaspoons of sugar per can.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
salt
▪ Bring vinegar, salt, 2 teaspoons sugar, oil and celery seed to a boil and pour over cabbage mix.
▪ Cut into thin strips and season with teaspoon of the salt and teaspoon of the pepper.
■ NOUN
cinnamon
▪ Sprinkle with lemon juice, pomegranate syrup, turmeric, salt, pepper to taste and teaspoon cinnamon.
▪ Combine cup brown sugar, pecans and 1 teaspoon cinnamon and sprinkle over batter.
▪ Topping 1 / 3 to cup sugar teaspoon cinnamon 1 cups coconut flakes Mix sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over cake batter.
pepper
▪ Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon flour, teaspoon salt, teaspoon pepper and 2 tablespoons butter.
▪ Add sugar, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon pepper and cayenne.
vanilla
▪ Remove from heat and add 2 tablespoons butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
■ VERB
add
▪ Then whisk in the beaten egg gradually, adding a teaspoon of flour with each addition to stop curdling.
▪ If using red wine vinegar, you may wish to add a teaspoon of maple syrup or other sweetener.&038;.
▪ Pour it over the chicken livers. Add a teaspoon of salt, and a sprinkling of milled pepper.
▪ Season salad to taste with salt and pepper, add remaining 1 teaspoon fish sauce, if desired.
▪ Butter up: if you add a teaspoon of oil to butter when frying it will prevent the butter from burning.
▪ Tip: If you want to make this dish hotter add a teaspoon of chilli sauce.
taste
▪ Sprinkle with lemon juice, pomegranate syrup, turmeric, salt, pepper to taste and teaspoon cinnamon.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a scant cup/teaspoon etc
heaped teaspoon/tablespoon etc
level teaspoon/cup etc (of sth)
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Add 1 teaspoons of the salt and macaroni; cook until almost tender, but still a little firm to the bite.
▪ Add a teaspoon of salt, and a sprinkling of milled pepper.
▪ Gently squeeze lemons open and place / 2 teaspoon salt in center of each.
▪ Remove from heat and add 2 tablespoons butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
▪ Season salad to taste with salt and pepper, add remaining 1 teaspoon fish sauce, if desired.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Teaspoon

Teaspoon \Tea"spoon`\ (t[=e]"sp[=oo]n`), n.

  1. A small spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc., and for other purposes.

  2. same as teaspoonful.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
teaspoon

1680s, from tea + spoon (n.). Related: teaspoonful.\n

Wiktionary
teaspoon

n. 1 a small spoon used to stir the contents of a cup or glass. 2 a unit of measure, worth one-third of a tablespoon or roughly five milliliters.

WordNet
teaspoon
  1. n. a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee; holds about one fluid dram

  2. as much as a teaspoon will hold [syn: teaspoonful]

Wikipedia
Teaspoon

A teaspoon is an item of cutlery, a measuring instrument or a unit of measurement of volume (usually abbreviated tsp.).

Teaspoon (disambiguation)

Teaspoon may refer to:

  • Teaspoon, a small spoon
  • T-Spoon, a Dutch pop/dance band created in 1991
  • "Teaspoon", a song by The Long Winters from the 2006 album Putting the Days to Bed
  • Aloysius "Teaspoon" Hunter, a character in the American television series The Young Riders

Usage examples of "teaspoon".

As soon as the edges curl add the slightly beaten yolks of three eggs, a few grains of pepper and half a teaspoon of salt.

Cook five minutes, add two cups of finely chopped cooked veal, half a level teaspoon of salt, a saltspoon of pepper, also the beaten yolks of two eggs, and a tablespoon of finely minced parsley.

Cursing the aged crone who had a penchant for laudanum and a tongue clove in twain like most mean old serpents, he staggered to the door to let her in for a morning teaspoon of pain relief.

Stir in a cup of sifted flour, half a teaspoon of salt, a cup of chopped filberts, and a cup of semisweet chocolate in small chunks.

Now there were short flumes of rain they decided to stay in Leeuwarden for the rest of the day, and in spite of the worsening weather, they prowled happily up and down the narrow lanes, looking at the old, small houses, while Aede pointed out their architectural points, and when Harriet at length had had her fill, they strolled in and out of the shops, where she bought presents to take home--silver teaspoons and Makkum pottery, and tobacco for her father.

XII There was a great tinkling of teaspoons the other evening, when I took my seat at the table, where ail The Teacups were gathered before my entrance.

He said that the average German cow yielded from one to two and half teaspoons of milk, when she was not worked in the plow or the hay-wagon more than eighteen or nineteen hours a day.

Kate asked as she watched Rose place three teaspoons of sugar into her tea.

Sarah, filling a pint pot with tea, and adding four heaped teaspoons of sugar.

Recalling her statement that afternoon to Ryan about embarrassing him, she smiled anxiously at her companion and looked again at the eight silver teaspoons to her right.

Makes 1 cup WILD MAN'S WILD RICE SALAD 1/2 cup raw wild rice 2 cups chicken or vegetable broth 2 tablespoons mayonnaise 1 tablespoon tarragon vinegar ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard (or more, if desired) 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 scallions, finely chopped 3 radishes, diced 1 small tomato, drained, seeded, and diced 1/3 cup jicama, peeled and diced 1 cup baby spinach leaves, well washed and drained, plus extra for lining platter Salt and pepper to taste The night before you are to serve the salad, thoroughly rinse the rice, place it in a glass bowl, and completely cover the kernels with water.

He poured Raymond's coffee first, putting in three teaspoons of sugar and diluting it with milk until the coffee barely had a tan color.

The Hankses, the Dobsons, the Pilligrews, the Ortons, the Grangers, the Hales, the Fullers, the Holcombs, in fact everybody that lives around about Patsy Cooper's had been robbed of little things like trinkets and teaspoons and suchlike small valuables that are easily carried off.

She sampled and enjoyed men as other women collected and enjoyed African violets, Limoges teacups, or sterling souvenir teaspoons.

Take two cups of flour, two eggs, a one third cup of oil, three teaspoons of baking powder, one teaspoon of salt and a one-third cup of buttermilk.