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dessertspoon

 noun
     
Related topics: Cooking, Utensils
des‧sert‧spoon [countable] British English
1DFU a spoon that is larger than a teaspoon but smaller than a tablespoon
2 also dessertspoonfulDFC 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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