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teaspoon
noun
a
very
small
spoon
used
for
stirring
tea
or
coffee
or
for
eating
soft
foods
like
yogurt
or
pudding
•
She
stirred
her
coffee
with
a
small
silver
teaspoon
.
She
stirred
her
coffee
with
a
small
silver
teaspoon
.
•
The
café
placed
a
shiny
teaspoon
beside
every
teacup
.
The
café
placed
a
shiny
teaspoon
beside
every
teacup
.
formed
from
tea
+
spoon
in
the
17th
century
,
when
drinking
tea
became
popular
in
Europe
noun
a
unit
for
measuring
volume
in
cooking
,
equal
to
about
5
milliliters
•
Add
one
teaspoon
of
salt
to
the
soup
.
Add
one
teaspoon
of
salt
to
the
soup
.
•
The
recipe
calls
for
three
teaspoons
of
sugar
.
The
recipe
calls
for
three
teaspoons
of
sugar
.
the
utensil
’
s
capacity
became
a
convenient
standard
measure
in
18th-century
cookbooks
,
later
fixed
at
about
5
ml
tea
noun
a
hot
drink
made
by
soaking
dried
leaves
of
the
tea
plant
in
boiling
water
,
usually
served
in
a
cup
•
She
starts
every
morning
with
a
strong
cup
of
tea
.
She
starts
every
morning
with
a
strong
cup
of
tea
.
•
Would
you
like
some
milk
in
your
tea
?
Would
you
like
some
milk
in
your
tea
?
Borrowed
into
English
in
the
mid-17th
century
from
Dutch
“
thee
,”
from
Malay
“
teh
,”
ultimately
from
Min
Chinese
dialects
.
noun
a
cup
,
mug
,
or
pot
of
the
drink
tea
•
I'll
make
us
two
teas
while
we
wait
.
I'll
make
us
two
teas
while
we
wait
.
•
He
ordered
an
iced
tea
to
cool
down
.
He
ordered
an
iced
tea
to
cool
down
.