"serving spoonful" meaning in All languages combined

See serving spoonful on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-us-serving spoonful.oga [US] Forms: serving spoonfuls [plural], serving spoonsful [plural]
Etymology: From serving spoon + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|serving spoon|ful|pos=noun}} serving spoon + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|+|serving spoonsful}} serving spoonful (plural serving spoonfuls or serving spoonsful)
  1. The amount that a serving spoon will hold. Synonyms: serving-spoonful, servingspoonful [rare]
    Sense id: en-serving_spoonful-en-noun-p0s8xDNI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful

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