dessertspoonnoun [ C ]
uk/dɪˈzɜːt.spuːn/us/dɪˈzɝːt.spuːn/a medium-sized spoon, used especially for eating sweet food at the end of a meal
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the amount that a dessertspoon holds, used for measuring food in cooking:
Add one dessertspoon of sugar.
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Cutlery
- bread knife
- canteen
- cheese knife
- chopstick
- cutlery
- fish knife
- flatware
- fork
- place setting
- server
- serving
- setting
- silverware
- soup spoon
- spoon
- steak knife
- tablespoon
- tableware
- teaspoon
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