1. As much as a dessert spoon will hold
   "She stirred in a dessertspoon of cream";
   - dessertspoonful

1. A spoon larger than a teaspoon and smaller than a tablespoon
   "He used a dessert spoon to eat his ice cream sundae"

Derived forms: dessertspoons, dessert spoons

Type of: containerful, spoon

Encyclopedia: Dessertspoon