des‧sert‧spoon /dɪˈzɜːtspuːn $ -ˈzɜːrt-/ noun [countable] British English

1. a spoon that is larger than a teaspoon but smaller than a tablespoon

2. (also dessertspoonful /-fʊl/) the amount that a dessertspoon can hold, used as a unit for measuring food or liquid in cooking
dessertspoon of
Add a dessertspoonful of dry mustard.

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