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tablespoonful

tablespoonful

1 1.1
An amount that fills a tablespoon used for cooking or medicine
  • noun
  • /ˈteɪbəlˌspuːnˌfʊl/
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  • She measured one tablespoonful of olive oil for the salad dressing.
  • 1 tablespoonful

Examples

  • When Peter came home his mother put him to bed with a tablespoonful of chamomile tea.

    Miss Potter (2006)

  • "That would include salt, if you care to eat a tablespoonful or so, and water if you breathe much of it in."

    Blog text (14)

  • One tablespoonful of rheumatiz medicine done that?

    Jucy (2010)

  • Add a tablespoonful of sugar to the mixture for sweetness.

  • To make the sauce, combine a tablespoonful of mustard with the mayonnaise.

Synonyms

tablespoon
vstablespoonful
99 1.0

An amount of about 15 millilitres used in cooking and medicine

is the cooking name for the amount that fills a measuring spoon

How Much

pint
  • UK
6 1.0
cupful
2 1.7
tablespoonful
1 1.1
teaspoonful
1 1.0
pinch
33 1.0

Surface Forms

tablespoonful singular
tablespoonfuls plural

Morphology

tablespoonful = tablespoon (transparent) = table + spoon + ful

The noun is formed from 'tablespoon' + the productive suffix '-ful' meaning 'amount that fills', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

Tablespoonful is made of three simple parts: table, spoon, and the ending -ful, where spoon is the little utensil you use at the table and -ful means 'as much as fills'. So a tablespoonful is the amount that fills a tablespoon, which is why we use it as a common cooking and medicine measure.