soupspoonful

English

Etymology

From soupspoon +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

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Noun

soupspoonful (plural soupspoonfuls or soupspoonsful)

1. The amount that may be held by a soupspoon.

   Add a soupspoonful of olive oil.

   • 1890, “Gynæcological Therapeutics”, in Ernest W. Cushing, Louis Starr, editors, Annals of Gynæcology and Pædiatry. A Monthly Review of Gynæcology, Obstetrics, Abdominal Surgery, and the Diseases of Children., volume III, Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, page 401:

     Two or three soupspoonsful of this solution in a quart of hot water may be used as an injection, morning and evening, to correct the fœtidity of leucorrhœic discharges which accompany some cases of endometritis, polypus, fibrous bodies, ulceration of the cervix uteri, or even simple vaginitis.

   • 1894 June 30, Frank E. Coudert, “Traumatic Meningitis”, in Harold H. Kynett, editor, The Medical and Surgical Reporter, number 1948; volume LXX, number 26, Philadelphia, Pa.: Penfield Publishing Co., page 916:

     All he cured rapidly by the admistration^[sic] of a solution of potassic iodide in the proportion of 2.5:100.0; of this three soupspoonsful, three times a day.

Synonyms

• soupspoon

Hypernyms

• spoonful

Coordinate terms

• See spoonful § Hyponyms

Translations

amount

• Finnish: keittolusikallinen
• French: cuillère à soupe (fr) f