English Explanatory Dictionary

dessertspoon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A unit of measure, being equivalent to two teaspoons or two-thirds of a tablespoon, or approximately 10 millilitres; a dessertspoonful.
  2. More generally, that volume of a substance which is contained within a dessert spoon.
  3. An item of cutlery; a spoon, larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon, used for eating dessert.

Word forms

dessertspoon dessertspoons dessert spoon dsp. dstspn.

Etymology

From dessert + spoon.

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