teaspoonful

/ˈtiːspuːnfəl/

Etymology

From teaspoon + -ful.

teaspoonful means A unit of capacity equal to the amount a teaspoon can hold which is taken approximately as 5 ml. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

noun

A unit of capacity equal to the amount a teaspoon can hold which is taken approximately as 5 ml.““When I say mind,” said the blood relation, “I refer to the quarter-teaspoonful of brain which you might possibly find in her head if you sank an artesian well.””