Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soupspoonful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: soup-spoon-ful
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The amount that may be held by a soupspoon.

Example Sentences

"Add a soupspoonful of olive oil."
"Two or three soupspoonsful of this solution in a quart of hot water may be used as an injection, morning and evening, to correct the fœtidity of leucorrhœic discharges which accompany some cases of endometritis, polypus, fibrous bodies, ulceration of the cervix uteri, or even simple vaginitis."
"All he cured rapidly by the admistration^([sic]) of a solution of potassic iodide in the proportion of 2.5:100.0; of this three soupspoonsful, three times a day."

Etymology

From soupspoon + -ful.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: soupspoon

Inflected Forms

soupspoonfuls (plural) soupspoonsful (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

spoonful § Hyponyms

Synonyms

soupspoon

Questions

What does soupspoonful mean?: The amount that may be held by a soupspoon.
Where does soupspoonful come from?: From soupspoon + -ful.

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