tablespoon
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.
Other meanings
A large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl.
A spoon too large for eating, usually used for cooking or serving.
A kind of
- spoon
Related words
- tablespoonful
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “tablespoon” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.