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# spoonful

«spoonful» in Mova's school dictionary: **the amount a spoon holds** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a spoonful, spoonfuls)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A spoonful is the amount a spoon holds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoonful/#m1)

2) It is used as a rough measure in cooking and medicine, like a spoonful of sugar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoonful/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In cooking and science, recipes and experiments use spoonfuls to measure: a teaspoon (small) or tablespoon (bigger). In health, medicine is often measured in spoonfuls, and an adult must give the right amount. Phrases: «a spoonful of», «heaped spoonful», «level spoonful».

### examples

- Add a spoonful of sugar to the tea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoonful/#x1)
- Take one spoonful of medicine after dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoonful/#x2)
- She ate the yoghurt one spoonful at a time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoonful/#x3)
- Mix two spoonfuls of flour with water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoonful/#x4)
- A heaped spoonful has more than a level spoonful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoonful/#x5)
- The baby took one spoonful and spat it out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoonful/#x6)
- If each cup needs 3 spoonfuls of cocoa, 4 cups need 12 spoonfuls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoonful/#x7)
- The witch took a spoonful and tasted it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoonful/#x8)

### note

Countable noun; the plural is usually «spoonfuls» («spoonsful» is old and rare). Spelled with one l at the end: «-ful». In maths, spoonfuls are units: multiply spoonfuls per item by the number of items. Medicine must be measured with the proper spoon, not a guess.

### In the corpora

- [Live yoghurt contains living bacteria that are harmless or helpful; a spoonful in warm milk can make more yoghurt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/22-milk-cheese-and-yoghurt/14/)
- [Swallowing a spoonful of a dry powder like cinnamon for a dare can make you choke and hurt your lungs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/284-facts-opinions-and-saying-no-to-dares/26/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «spoonful» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spoonful/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.