"eggspoonful" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: eggspoonfuls [plural], eggspoonsful [plural]
Etymology: From eggspoon + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|eggspoon|ful|pos=noun}} eggspoon + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|+|eggspoonsful}} eggspoonful (plural eggspoonfuls or eggspoonsful)
  1. The amount that an egg spoon will hold.
    Sense id: en-eggspoonful-en-noun-RJhNM8uW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful

Inflected forms

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