teaspoonful
noun
tea·spoon·ful
ˈtē-ˌspün-ˌfu̇l 
-ˈspün-
plural teaspoonfuls
ˈtē-ˌspün-ˌfu̇lz
-ˈspün-
also teaspoonsful
ˈtē-ˌspünz-ˌfu̇l
-ˈspünz-
1
: as much as a teaspoon can hold
2
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To help manage fullness: Two rounded teaspoonfuls mixed in 8 ounces of fluid up to three times a day with meals.
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Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 25 Feb. 2025
By painstakingly tweaking their processes, Taylor and her colleagues have scaled production from a pinprick to two teaspoonfuls at a time, at a cost that Ghevaert estimated at roughly seventy-five thousand dollars per syringe.
—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Place a heaping teaspoonful of pesto in center of medallions.
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
Lawmakers punted the farm bill to next fall, and the sugar program amounts to just a teaspoonful in this massive bill.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2023
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Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 25 Feb. 2025
By painstakingly tweaking their processes, Taylor and her colleagues have scaled production from a pinprick to two teaspoonfuls at a time, at a cost that Ghevaert estimated at roughly seventy-five thousand dollars per syringe.
—Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Place a heaping teaspoonful of pesto in center of medallions.
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
Lawmakers punted the farm bill to next fall, and the sugar program amounts to just a teaspoonful in this massive bill.
—Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Dec. 2023
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“Teaspoonful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teaspoonful. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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teaspoonful
noun
tea·spoon·ful
ˈtē-ˌspün-ˌfu̇l
-ˈspün-
plural teaspoonfuls
-ˌfu̇lz
also teaspoonsful
-ˌspünz-ˌfu̇l
-ˈspünz-
1
: as much as a teaspoon can hold
2
Medical Definition
teaspoonful
noun
tea·spoon·ful
-ˌfu̇l
plural teaspoonfuls
-ˌfu̇lz
also teaspoonsful
-ˌspünz-ˌfu̇l, -ˈspünz-
also teaspoonsful
-ˌspünz-ˌfu̇l, -ˈspünz-
: teaspoon
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