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tablespoon

tablespoon

99 1.0
An amount of about 15 millilitres used in cooking and medicine
  • noun
  • /ˈteɪbəlˌspuːn/
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  • Then you have about a tablespoon of parsley.
  • one tablespoon
  • a tablespoon of butter

Then we have one tablespoon of sour cream.

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Examples

  • We're going to add a tablespoon of chia seeds.

  • Also needs a tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce.

    iJustine

  • Then we have one tablespoon of sour cream.

    Aspyn Ovard

  • No, sorry, half a tablespoon and vegetable oil.

  • So I'm going to start with one tablespoon and then see how we go.

  • One tablespoon of tuna every other day, and a shot of water once a day.

    The 33 (2015)

  • I need one tablespoon of mayonnaise.

  • Now you add a tablespoon full of mayonnaise... and some salt and pepper, and you taste it to make sure it's OK.

    3 Women (1977)

  • I whisked 6 large eggs with 1 tablespoon of water and a grind of black pepper.

    Blog text (2)

  • For this recipe, you will need two tablespoons of sugar to balance the flavors.

Synonyms

tablespoonful
vstablespoon
1 1.1

An amount that fills a tablespoon used for cooking or medicine

has the same measurement meaning but uses a different word form

How Much

pint
  • UK
6 1.0
cup
  • US
609 1.0
tablespoon
99 1.0
teaspoon
83 1.0

Surface Forms

tablespoon singular
tablespoons plural

Morphology

tablespoon = table + spoon (semi-transparent) = table + spoon

The unit sense is directly derived from the physical utensil (amount a tablespoon holds), but the conventionalized volume (~15 ml) is a learned measurement rather than a directly inferable semantic composition.

Etymology

Tablespoon as a measure comes from the same idea: it is the amount an ordinary tablespoon ('a spoon for the table') holds. So a tablespoon in a recipe means that spoonful, about 15 milliliters.