A pinch is a small, indefinite amount of a substance, typically a powder like salt, sugar, spice, or snuff.
[2] Some manufacturers of measuring spoons and some U.S. cookbooks give more precise equivalents, typically 1/16 US customary teaspoon;[3] some sources define it as 1/8 or 1/24 teaspoon.
In the United Kingdom, a pinch is traditionally 1/2 UK salt spoon,[5] the equivalence of 1/4 UK teaspoon.
1/2 UK salt spoon is an amount of space that can accommodate 15 British imperial minims (1/4 British imperial fluid drachm or 1/32 British imperial fluid ounce; about 14·41 US customary minims (0·24 US customary fluid dram or 0·03 US customary fluid ounce) or 0·89 millilitres) of liquid.
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