Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The amount that a tablespoon can hold.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun As much as a table-spoon will hold; as a customary measure, half a fluid-ounce, being of about twice the capacity of a dessert-spoon, and four times that of a tea-spoon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun As much as a tablespoon will hold; enough to fill a tablespoon. It is usually reckoned as one half of a fluid ounce, or four fluid drams.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The capacity of a
tablespoon (table implement). - noun A
tablespoon (measure of volume).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun as much as a tablespoon will hold
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Examples
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Soak a tablespoonful of gelatine in a quarter-cupful of water; then set cup in pan of boiling water until it is dissolved; add this to the prepared cantaloupe and when cold turn into a freezer and freeze slowly.
Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition) How to Cook and Use Rarer Vegetables and Herbs Anonymous
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Then, all winter I can grab pesto from the freezer by the cubed tablespoonful.
Archive 2009-07-01 Sarah Lenz 2009
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Turn off the heat and mix in most of the herb paste, keeping back about a tablespoonful.
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Then, all winter I can grab pesto from the freezer by the cubed tablespoonful.
Obscene Fist-Full of Basil Sarah Lenz 2009
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How about a large tablespoonful of benadryl about 8PM? hhslpt
Aye, therin lies the rub The Curious Holts 2009
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Using 1 generous tablespoonful for each cookie, roll dough between moistened palms into 1 1/4-inch-diameter balls, then arrange on prepared baking sheets, spacing 1 inch apart.
The Theme Of The Moment: Stress & Peppermint Laura 2008
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Using 1 generous tablespoonful for each cookie, roll dough between moistened palms into 1 1/4-inch-diameter balls, then arrange on prepared baking sheets, spacing 1 inch apart.
Archive 2008-12-01 Laura 2008
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Drop the dough by the rounded tablespoonful onto the prepared cookie sheets.
Leaving You On A Sweet Note: Glazed Lemon Bundt Cake & Nutty For Oats Cookies Laura 2008
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Clearly you don't remember the one about my uncle Phil and the five gallon coffee can of magnesium chips with water and a tablespoonful of gasoline.
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A tablespoonful of good ricotta or mascarpone cheese makes a lovely garnish as, of course, does ice cream or whipped cream.
The Food Matters Cookbook Mark Bittman 2010
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