spoonful
noun/ˈspunfʊl/
Frequency rank: #14,816 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
the amount that a spoon can hold.
Example sentence
She added one spoonful of sugar to her tea and stirred it gently.
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