Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "teaspoon" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

coffee cup cup of coffee kitchen kitchen drawer silverware drawer tea

Derived From

spoon tea

Has Property

one third of tablespoon useful for measuring liquids

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

containerful spoon

Type Of (IsA)

containerful measure of liquids measure of volume measuring device measuring spoon silverware spoon smaller than tablespoon spoon unit of measure

Related Terms

dessert spoon dessertspoon soup spoon soupspoon tablespoon

Related Terms

cup dessert spoon glass milliliter soup spoon tablespoon

Synonym Network

tsp

Used For

eating freebasing crack holding powdered forms making tea measure ingredients measure sugar measurement of ingredients measuring measuring spices mix sugar in tea put sugar in tea scoop out vegetables scrape hot potatoe skins snorting cocaine stir coffee stir hot chocolate stir tea stiring stirring coffee stirring sugar in tea stirring tea or measuring ingredients teaspoon for stirring tea usually stirring

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.