Definition of Dessert spoon

1. Noun. A spoon larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon.

Generic synonyms: Spoon

Definition of Dessert spoon

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of dessertspoon) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dessert Spoon

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desquamations
desquamative
desquamative interstitial pneumonia
desquamative pneumonia
desquamatory
dessauite
dessay
desse
dessert
dessert apple
dessert grape
dessert grapes
dessert plate
dessert spoon
dessert spoons
dessert wine
dessert wines
dessertless
dessertlike
desserts
dessertspoon
dessertspoonful
dessertspoonfuls
dessertspoons
dessertspoonsful
desserty
desses
dessiatina

Literary usage of Dessert spoon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cook's Own Book: Being a Complete Culinary Encyclopedia... With Numerous by N. K. M. Lee (1832)
"... add to it a pound of sifted sugar, a dessert-spoon ful of powdered cinnamon, and a sufficient quantity of flour to make it into a paste; ..."

2. The Practical Hotel Steward by John Tellman (1913)
"dessert spoon and lork for service. Same as assorted fruit. as, sliced: Two If large; three If Cut into thin slices lengthwise; serve In fruit saucer small ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"As much as a table-spoon will hold; as a customary measure, half a fluid- ounce, being of about twice the capacity of a dessert-spoon, and four times that ..."

4. Manners and Rules of Good Society, Or, Solecisms to be Avoided by Member of the aristocracy (1888)
"Soup should be eaten with a table-spoon and not with a dessert-spoon, it would be out of place to use a dessert-spoon for that purpose. ..."

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