coffeespoonful
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The amount that a coffee spoon will hold.
Example Sentences
- "Potion against Gangrenous Thrush: two drachms of almond soap, dissolved in two ounces of mint-water, and two ounces of fennel-water, to which is added, half an ounce of syrup of marsh-mallow, and two drachms of carbonate of magnesia, triturated together in a marble mortar. Mode of exhibition: by coffeespoonsful during the day."
- "In the Autumn of 1952, Dr. Walter Strathmeyer (Regensburg) created a considerable sensation with his “Paravita.” This researcher, who was born in 1900, demonstrated that it was possible to survive on a daily dose of 20 g. of the sweet brown fluid for weeks or even months! Two coffeespoonsful were taken morning, noon and night, and the calorie intake was only 20!"
- "Place coffeespoonfuls of the spinach mixture along one long edge of the dough, leaving about a finger’s width between them."
Etymology
From coffeespoon + -ful.