1. a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee and eating soft foods
2. a unit of measurement equal to one-third of a tablespoon or about 5 milliliters
Usage: cooking

1. to measure or add by the teaspoonful

Examples

• She stirred her coffee with a silver teaspoon.
• Add one teaspoon of vanilla extract to the mixture.
• The recipe calls for two teaspoons of salt.
• He carefully teaspoons the medicine into the cup.
• The baby ate with a small plastic teaspoon.
• Measure three teaspoons of baking powder.
• She teaspoons sugar into her tea one spoonful at a time.