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 →

2) It is used as a rough measure in cooking and medicine, like a spoonful of sugar. tree →

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 →
• Take one spoonful of medicine after dinner. tree →
• She ate the yoghurt one spoonful at a time. tree →
• Mix two spoonfuls of flour with water. tree →
• A heaped spoonful has more than a level spoonful. tree →
• The baby took one spoonful and spat it out. tree →
• If each cup needs 3 spoonfuls of cocoa, 4 cups need 12 spoonfuls. tree →
• The witch took a spoonful and tasted it. tree →

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.
• Swallowing a spoonful of a dry powder like cinnamon for a dare can make you choke and hurt your lungs.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «spoonful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.