teacupful

Dainty beverage measure

A teacupful is the amount a teacup can hold, used as a rough unit of measurement in cooking: Add a teacupful of flour.

Like handful or cupful, it's imprecise—teacups vary in size.

The plural is teacupfuls or teacupsful.

measurement

spoonful

Quantity a scoop holds

capacity · milliliters · ounces · fluid · brimful · ladleful · scoop · jigger · dash · pinch

smallness

tiny

Extremely small in size

petite · diminutive · wee · dainty · compact · modest · meager · scant · slight · trifling

portion

serving

Measured food portion

sample · sip · mouthful · morsel · ration · share · nibble · drop · dribble · trickle

Opposites
volume/quantity

teacupfulbucketful

One pail's worth

barrelful · tankful · gallons · tubful · mugful

Family

teacupfuls

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G