Definitions for spoonful

spoonful spoon·ful

Spelling: [spoon-foo l]
IPA: /ˈspun fʊl/

Spoonful is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 170 anagrams from letters in spoonful (flnoopsu).

Definitions for spoonful

noun

  1. as much as a spoon can hold.
  2. a small quantity.

Origin of spoonful

First recorded in 1250-1300, spoonful is from the Middle English word sponeful. See spoon, -ful

Examples for spoonful

Should the stew act too dry, add a spoonful of stock occasionally.

Warm milk mixed with a spoonful of fireplace ashes seemed to also be popular among 19th century England.

Take it off the fire, beat up the yolks of three eggs with a spoonful of oil, and stir up all together till it is quite cold.

Saving Mr. Banks is about as aggressively sweet as a spoonful of sugar.

When one spoonful had gone down his neck, he smiled up at her whimsically.

But often Christie found the scone superfluous, and just ate the cream by the spoonful instead.

Skim off most of the fat with a spoon: just dip in, get a spoonful of fat, and remove.

The latter, who was about to swallow his first spoonful of soup, set it in his plate again.

Work all together into a paste, adding a spoonful of brandy.

But the complaints about the current administration did sometimes come with a spoonful of sugar, or at least a cornball of humor.

Word Value for spoonful
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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