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Definitions for TEASPOON
ˈtiˌspuntea·spoon

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. teaspoon, teaspoonfulnoun

    as much as a teaspoon will hold

  2. teaspoonnoun

    a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee; holds about one fluid dram

Wiktionary

  1. teaspoonnoun

    a small spoon used to stir the contents of a cup or glass.

  2. teaspoonnoun

    a unit of measure, worth one-third of a tablespoon or roughly five milliliters.

Wikipedia

  1. Teaspoon

    A teaspoon (tsp.) is an item of cutlery. It is a small spoon that can be used to stir a cup of tea or coffee, or as a tool for measuring volume. The size of teaspoons ranges from about 2.5 to 7.3 mL (0.088 to 0.257 imp fl oz; 0.085 to 0.247 US fl oz). For cooking purposes and dosing of medicine, a teaspoonful is defined as 5 mL (0.18 imp fl oz; 0.17 US fl oz), and standard measuring spoons are used.

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  1. teaspoon

    A teaspoon is a small utensil used primarily in cooking or baking for measuring ingredients, stirring, or for eating small amount of solid or semi-solid food like sugar, honey, pudding, etc. It's also a unit of measurement which equates to around 5 milliliters.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Teaspoonnoun

    a small spoon used in stirring and sipping tea, coffee, etc., and for other purposes

Wikidata

  1. Teaspoon

    A teaspoon is an item of cutlery and/or a measuring instrument, as well as a unit of measurement of volume in some countries and customs.

Editors Contribution

  1. teaspoon

    Is an item of cutlery created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, shapes and styles.

    A teaspoon is used for so many purposes, to stir a drink, measure an amount of a substance to go into a recipe etc.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 15, 2016  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of TEASPOON in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of TEASPOON in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of TEASPOON in a Sentence

  1. Lisa Drayer:

    I think a lot of people think that just because something is natural, it's healthy, so for example, honey is natural, but it's very caloric and a lot of people might not know that a teaspoon of honey, or agave for that matter, has more calories than a teaspoon of sugar or sucrose.

  2. Damon Gameau:

    The film is all about the hidden sugars. One tablespoon of barbeque sauce has 2 teaspoons of sugar in it. Things like ketchup have a teaspoon of sugar in 1 tablespoon. Low-fat mayonnaises, pasta sauces are [all] full of sugar, and they’re things that people would never consider.

  3. Kyran Quinlan:

    A small sip, say a teaspoon which is 5 milligrams, exposes a child to the nicotine of several packs of cigarettes all at once, parents should know that the highly concentrated liquid nicotine used in e-cigarettes is a new deadly poison.

  4. Frances Seymour:

    We are trying to put out a housefire with a teaspoon.

  5. Michael Wahl:

    I think from a medication safety standpoint you always have to have the lights on, read the bottle to confirm the medicine you want to take and use the correct measuring device, like a syringe that will say 5 ccs or 10 ccs as opposed to a teaspoon or tablespoon from the kitchen, it really doesn’t matter if it’s minoxidil (or another drug).

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