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Definition of Dessertspoon
1. Noun. As much as a dessert spoon will hold.
Definition of Dessertspoon
1. Noun. An item of cutlery; a spoon, larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon, used for eating dessert. ¹
2. Noun. A unit of measure, being equivalent to two teaspoons or two-thirds of a tablespoon, or approximately 10 millilitres; a dessertspoonful. ¹
3. Noun. More generally, that volume of a substance which is contained within a dessert spoon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dessertspoon
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dessertspoon
Literary usage of Dessertspoon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kentucky Receipt Book by Mary Harris Frazer (1903)
"One cup granulated sugar, 1 cup of water, 1 dessertspoon butter, 1 dessertspoon
flour, 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Mix ingredients, cook in bowl over hot water, ..."
2. The Banquet Book: A Classified Collection of Quotations Designed for General by Cuyler Reynolds, Joseph Dommers Vehling, Herndon/Vehling Collection (1902)
"There are 2 drams in a dessertspoon ; 4 in a tablespoon ; 8 in an ounce ...
There are 60 drops in a teaspoon or dram ; 120 in a dessertspoon ; 240 in a ..."
3. My Favorite Receipt by Royal Baking Powder Company (1886)
"Thicken with flour (brown preferred), and a dessertspoon of tomato sauce added
at this ... A large tablespoon curry powder, a dessertspoon corn-starch, ..."
4. The Portland Woman's Exchange Cook Book by Portland Woman's Exchange (Or.) (1913)
"1 dessertspoon flour. Miss Rotherham. Peel the onions and boil gently for 15 ...
3 mushrooms. sprig of thyme, bay leaf. dessertspoon butter. tablespoon ..."
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