dessert spoon

noun

variants or less commonly dessertspoon

di-ˈzərt-ˌspün 

plural dessert spoons also dessertspoons

1

: a spoon intermediate in size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon for use in eating dessert

… the teaspoon was sold with the table settings instead of the larger dessert spoon, which would have been more useful …

—Judith Martin et al.

2

: dessertspoonful

Take two glasses and spoon two to three dessertspoons of granola into the bottom of each one.

—Irish Independent

Examples of dessert spoon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some sets also include a salad knife and dessert spoon. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 19 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1754, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for dessert spoon

• afternoon
• forenoon
• honeymoon
• importune
• laocoon
• opportune
• pantaloon
• picayune
• tablespoon
• attune
• baboon
• balloon