Meanings
plural spoonfuls · plural spoonsful
- The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped.
Martin roused himself and sat up and began to eat, between spoonfuls reassuring Maria that he had not been talking in his sleep and that he did not have any fever.
1908 September – 1909 September, Jack London, chapter XL, in Martin Eden, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published September 1909, →OCLC, page 3451 more example
But Richmond […] appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.
1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax, London; Melbourne, Vic.: William Heinemann, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishsponeful
- Englishspoonful
From Middle English sponeful, sponefull, sponful, spone-ful, equivalent to spoon + -ful.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans lepelvol
- lepelvolamount a spoon will hold
Arabic ملء ملعقَة
- ملء ملعقَةamount a spoon will hold
Basque koilarakada
- koilarakadaamount a spoon will hold
Bulgarian лъжица
- лъжица (lăžica)amount a spoon will hold
Catalan cullerada
- culleradaamount a spoon will hold
Chinese Mandarin 一匙的量
- 一匙的量 (yī chí de liàng)amount a spoon will hold
Czech lžíce, lžička
- lžíceamount a spoon will hold
- lžičkaamount a spoon will hold
Danish skefuld
- skefuldamount a spoon will hold
Dutch lepel, lepelvol
- lepelamount a spoon will hold
- lepelvolamount a spoon will hold
Esperanto ĉerpeto
- ĉerpetoamount a spoon will hold
Estonian lusikatäis
- lusikatäisamount a spoon will hold
Finnish lusikallinen
- lusikallinenamount a spoon will hold
French cuillerée
- cuilleréeamount a spoon will hold
German Löffelvoll
- Löffelvollamount a spoon will hold
Greek κουταλιά
- κουταλιά (koutaliá)amount a spoon will hold
Hungarian kanálnyi
- kanálnyiamount a spoon will hold
Icelandic skeið, skeiðarfylli
- skeiðamount a spoon will hold
- skeiðarfylliamount a spoon will hold
Indonesian sendok, sesendok
- sendokamount a spoon will hold
- sesendokamount a spoon will hold
Irish lán spúnóige
- lán spúnóigeamount a spoon will hold
Italian cucchiaiata, cucchiaio
- cucchiaiataamount a spoon will hold
- cucchiaioamount a spoon will hold
Japanese スプーン一杯
- スプーン一杯 (supūn-ippai)amount a spoon will hold
Korean 숟가락 하나 가득
- 숟가락 하나 가득 (sutgarak hana gadeuk)amount a spoon will hold
Lithuanian šaukštas
- šaukštasamount a spoon will hold
Polish łyżeczka
- łyżeczkaamount a spoon will hold
Portuguese colherada
- colheradaamount a spoon will hold
Russian ло́жка
- ло́жка (lóžka)amount a spoon will hold
Scottish Gaelic làn na spàine
- làn na spàineamount a spoon will hold
Spanish cucharada
- cucharadaamount a spoon will hold
Swedish sked
- skedamount a spoon will hold
Vietnamese một muổng
- một muổngamount a spoon will hold
Cite this entry
spoonful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spoonful
“spoonful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spoonful. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spoonful,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spoonful.
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