spoonfuls
Medicine portion amounts
Spoonfuls is the plural of spoonful—the amount a spoon can hold.
Recipe measurements often call for spoonfuls: Add two spoonfuls of sugar.
The word extends to any small quantity: spoonfuls of comfort, spoonfuls of advice.
Both spoonfuls and spoonsful are acceptable plurals, though spoonfuls is far more common.
Quantity you can chew
- bitePierce with teeth
- slurpConsume with audible suction
- swallowSend down the throat
- gulpHasty, large swallow
taste · nibble · sip · feed · savor · sample · cereal · soup
Mix by circling
- mixCombine different elements
- measureUnit of quantity
- scoopFirst-reported story
- ladleDeep spoon for serving
dollop · drizzle · heap · level · recipe · batter · sugar · flour
Measured medicine amount
- syrupThick sugar liquid
- doseQuantity of medicine
- liquidFree-flowing substance
- elixirMythical healing draught
tincture · prescription · administer · pediatric · cough medicine · remedy · dispense · dropper
Measurable amount present
- volumeAmount of space filled
- millilitersSmall liquid measures
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- approximateNearly accurate but inexact
serving · ration · allocation · increments · precise · heaping · rounded · scant
mouthful
Quantity you can chew
gulp · taste · nibble · sip · feed · savor · sample · cereal · soup · pudding
stir
Mix by circling
ladle · dollop · drizzle · heap · level · recipe · batter · sugar · flour · honey
dosage
Measured medicine amount
elixir · tincture · prescription · administer · pediatric · cough medicine · remedy · dispense · dropper · measured
quantity
Measurable amount present
- volumeAmount of space filled
- millilitersSmall liquid measures
- capacityMaximum amount containable
approximate · serving · ration · allocation · increments · precise · heaping · rounded · scant · fill
overflowing
Exceeding capacity, spilling out
brimming · plentiful · lavish · copious · loaded · piled · mounded · extra · double
- bitsbits, morsels, tidbits, snippets, scraps
- dosingdose, dosage, daily dose, maximum dose, minimum dose
spoonfulscupfuls
Unit-based quantity measures
bucketfuls · gallons · liters · barrelfuls · quarts