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tablespoonful
[ tey-buhl-spoon-fool ]
noun
- the amount a tablespoon can hold.
- a volumetric measure equal to ½ fluid ounce (14.8 milliliters), or three teaspoonfuls. : T., tbs., tbsp.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tablespoonful1
Example Sentences
Drop the biscuit batter by the heaping tablespoonful onto a prepared baking sheets allowing about 1- inch between mounds.
A little less than a heaping tablespoonful to ten steps square is about the quantity of seed.
The amount of seed needed to the square rod varies with different seasons, soils, and seeds, but can be loosely a tablespoonful.
Let it all boil till the macaroni is tender, then add a tablespoonful of Parmesan cheese and an ounce of butter.
Drain them well, make a pure of peas in which a tablespoonful of aspic jelly has been mixed.
If you add a tablespoonful of chopped parsley to a pint of white sauce, you make parsley sauce.
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