Tom ate a spoonful of peanut butter.
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Spoonful
//ˈspuːnfəl//
Synonyms for "spoonful" (47 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (23)
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42 translations across 36 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- lepelvol noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Arabic
1 entries- ملء ملعقَة noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Basque
1 entries- koilarakada noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Bulgarian
1 entries- лъжица noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Catalan
1 entries- cullerada noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 一匙的量 noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Czech
2 entries- lžička noun (amount a spoon will hold)
- lžíce noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Danish
1 entries- skefuld noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Dutch
2 entries- lepel noun (amount a spoon will hold)
- lepelvol noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĉerpeto noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Estonian
1 entries- lusikatäis noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Finnish
1 entries- lusikallinen noun (amount a spoon will hold)
French
1 entries- cuillerée noun (amount a spoon will hold)
German
1 entries- Löffelvoll noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Greek
1 entries- κουταλιά noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Hungarian
1 entries- kanálnyi noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Icelandic
2 entries- skeið noun (amount a spoon will hold)
- skeiðarfylli noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Ido
1 entries- kulieredo noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Indonesian
2 entries- sendok noun (amount a spoon will hold)
- sesendok noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Ingrian
2 entries- lusikalliin noun (amount a spoon will hold)
- lusikka noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Irish
1 entries- lán spúnóige noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Italian
2 entries- cucchiaiata noun (amount a spoon will hold)
- cucchiaio noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Japanese
1 entries- スプーン一杯 noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Korean
1 entries- 숟가락 하나 가득 noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Lithuanian
1 entries- šaukštas noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Manx
1 entries- lane spein noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Marathi
1 entries- चमचाभर noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Norman
1 entries- tchul'lée noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Läpelvoll noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Portuguese
1 entries- colherada noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Russian
1 entries- ло́жка noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- làn na spàine noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Spanish
1 entries- cucharada noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Swedish
1 entries- sked noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Telugu
1 entries- గరిటెడు noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Vietnamese
1 entries- một muổng noun (amount a spoon will hold)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I always add a spoonful of honey to my tea.
Source: tatoeba (1343796)
If you eat a spoonful of sugar or a small piece of whole wheat bread, it seems that the bread would be less detrimental.
Source: tatoeba (4482876)
Add a spoonful of sugar.
Source: tatoeba (5776185)
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