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# teaspoon

«teaspoon» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee and for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a teaspoon, teaspoons); also teaspoonful (a teaspoonful); abbreviation tsp

### meaning for a pupil

1) A teaspoon is a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee and for eating some foods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teaspoon/#m1)

2) A teaspoon, or teaspoonful, is the amount a teaspoon holds, used as a measure in cooking and for medicine: about 5 millilitres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teaspoon/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and cooking, recipes use «tsp» (teaspoon) and «tbsp» (tablespoon); 3 teaspoons make 1 tablespoon. A medicine teaspoon is exactly 5 ml; safety: use the measuring spoon or syringe that comes with medicine, not a kitchen spoon, because kitchen spoons vary. A «level teaspoon» is flat on top; a «heaped teaspoon» has a pile. Phrases: «a level teaspoon», «a heaped teaspoon», «tsp».

### examples

- Add one teaspoon of salt to the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teaspoon/#x1)
- Stir your tea with a teaspoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teaspoon/#x2)
- The medicine dose is one 5 ml spoonful, like a teaspoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teaspoon/#x3)
- Three teaspoons make one tablespoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teaspoon/#x4)
- The recipe says ½ tsp baking powder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teaspoon/#x5)
- Use a level teaspoon of sugar, not a heaped one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teaspoon/#x6)
- If 1 teaspoon holds 5 ml, then 4 teaspoons hold 20 ml. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teaspoon/#x7)

### note

Plural «teaspoons»; for the amount also «teaspoonful(s)». Abbreviation «tsp» (small t), tablespoon «tbsp» or «Tbsp». Maths: 1 teaspoon = 5 ml, 1 tablespoon = 15 ml (Australia uses a 20 ml tablespoon, so 4 teaspoons).

### In the corpora

- [And a can of ordinary cola hides about seven teaspoons of sugar: the acid and fizz cover up the sweetness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola/7/)
- [One can of ordinary cola has about seven teaspoons of sugar; diet drinks use sweeteners with almost no sugar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola/18/)
- [A tablespoon holds about three teaspoons.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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