a fairly large spoon used for eating desserts or for adding measured amounts of a liquid or powder. A smaller spoon is called a teaspoon and a larger spoon is called a tablespoon.
Synonyms and related words
Knives, forks and spoons
carving fork
carving knife
chopper
1a
dessertspoon
or
dessertspoonful
the amount that a dessertspoon holds
Add a dessertspoon of sugar.
Synonyms and related words
Amounts of things described according to what holds them
armful
bag
basket
dessertspoon
noun countable
US /dɪˈzɜrtˌspun/
Word Forms
singular
dessertspoon
plural
dessertspoons
DEFINITIONS1
1
a fairly large spoon used for eating desserts or for adding measured amounts of a liquid or powder. A smaller spoon is called a teaspoon and a larger spoon is called a tablespoon.
Synonyms and related words
Knives, forks and spoons
carver
carving knife
chopper
1a
dessertspoon
or
dessertspoonful
the amount that a dessertspoon holds
Synonyms and related words
Amounts of things described according to what holds them