(~s)
You can refer to an amount of food resting on a spoon as a ~ of food.
He took a ~ of the stew and ate it.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
(~s)
You can refer to an amount of food resting on a spoon as a ~ of food.
He took a ~ of the stew and ate it.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012