Tablespoon

Quick meaning: Tablespoon is a noun meaning (Canada, US) A large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl.

Meaning

(Canada, US) A large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl.

More Meanings

1. (Australia, New Zealand, Northern UK) A spoon too large for eating, usually used for cooking or serving.
2. (cooking) A unit of volume, the value of which varies regionally; in the US: three teaspoons or one half fluid ounce or roughly 15 ml; in Britain and Canada: exactly 15 ml; in Russia 18 ml; in Australia: four teaspoons or 20 ml.

Example Sentences

In Australia, 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml, and there are 4 teaspoons in the Australian tablespoon.

1995 May 22, Salad Recipes, New York, page 51, Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a nonstick skillet until hot and quickly saute the goat-cheese buttons on both sides until brown.

2006, Tempted: 150 Very Wicked Desserts, Murdoch Books, UK, copyright page, If you are using a 15 ml (3 teaspoon) tablespoon, for most recipes the difference will not be noticeable.

Their eggs were deposited on a few bits of straw, and great caution was necessary in attempting to procure them, as the slightest touch crumbled their frail tenement into dust. By means of a tablespoon, I was enabled to procure many of them.

Word Forms

• tablespoons
• table spoon
• table-spoon

Synonyms for tablespoon

Depending on context, synonyms include dessertspoon, tablespoonful, tbsp, tbs.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tablespoonful, tbs, tbsp, t, tbl, table-spoon.

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