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DESSERTSPOONFUL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dessertspoonful mean? 

DESSERTSPOONFUL (noun)
  The noun DESSERTSPOONFUL has 1 sense:

1. as much as a dessert spoon will holdplay

  Familiarity information: DESSERTSPOONFUL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DESSERTSPOONFUL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

As much as a dessert spoon will hold

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

dessertspoon; dessertspoonful

Hypernyms ("dessertspoonful" is a kind of...):

containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)


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