teaspoon

tea +‎ spoon

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtiːˌspuːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtiˌspun/

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teaspoon (plural teaspoons)

1. A small spoon used to stir the contents of a cup or glass.
2. A unit of measure, equivalent to one-third of a tablespoon or roughly five milliliters.

• (unit of measure): teaspoonful; tsp (abbreviation); (apothecaries' notation) f℥j

• dessert spoon, dessertspoon
• soup spoon, soupspoon
• tablespoon

teaspoon (third-person singular simple present teaspoons, present participle teaspooning, simple past and past participle teaspooned)

1. To serve with a teaspoon

   I teaspooned some sugar into my cup.