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A spoonful of typical soil could easily contain billions of microbes, and Antarctic soils from other regions host at least a few thousand per gram.

Add a large spoonful of icing to the top of the layer, then spread the icing to the edges of the cake.

I’ve even topped it with a few spoonfuls of plain yogurt for breakfast.

Each spoonful is a delightful reminder that spring, like other times of year, is also soup season.

By tasting, and then swallowing, a lava-hot spoonful of bechamel for a pot pie filling.

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Warm milk mixed with a spoonful of fireplace ashes seemed to also be popular among 19th century England.

But the complaints about the current administration did sometimes come with a spoonful of sugar, or at least a cornball of humor.

She smacks her lips in satisfaction, then slurps another spoonful of orange broth.

Saving Mr. Banks is about as aggressively sweet as a spoonful of sugar.

For each portion, set a breast on the bottom of a warm plate and set a large spoonful of avocado chutney alongside it.

A dessert-spoonful of brandy may be added, if required to keep a long time.

Sirdeller stretched out his hand and very deliberately drank a table-spoonful or two of his milk.

Here we sat late, and so home to bed, having got my Lady Batten to give me a spoonful of honey for my cold.

Young Joe tried to smile, with a slice of chicken in one hand and a spoonful of preserves in the other, and a mouthful of both.

I looked through the window as my last spoonful of dessert was eaten, and saw the sky breaking into blue.

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On this page you'll find 45 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spoonful, such as: application, dosage, lot, measure, measurement, and prescription.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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