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DESSERTSPOON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dessertspoon mean? 

DESSERTSPOON (noun)
  The noun DESSERTSPOON has 1 sense:

1. as much as a dessert spoon will holdplay

  Familiarity information: DESSERTSPOON used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DESSERTSPOON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

As much as a dessert spoon will hold

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

dessertspoon; dessertspoonful

Hypernyms ("dessertspoon" is a kind of...):

containerful (the quantity that a container will hold)


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