tablespoonful

[ tey-buhl-spoon-fool ]

noun

, plural ta·ble·spoon·fuls.

1. the amount a tablespoon can hold.
2. a volumetric measure equal to ½ fluid ounce (14.8 milliliters), or three teaspoonfuls. : T., tbs., tbsp.

Spelling Note

See -ful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tablespoonful¹

First recorded in 1765–75; tablespoon + -ful

Example Sentences

Drop the biscuit batter by the heaping tablespoonful onto a prepared baking sheets allowing about 1- inch between mounds.

From The Daily Beast

A little less than a heaping tablespoonful to ten steps square is about the quantity of seed.

From Project Gutenberg

The amount of seed needed to the square rod varies with different seasons, soils, and seeds, but can be loosely a tablespoonful.

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Let it all boil till the macaroni is tender, then add a tablespoonful of Parmesan cheese and an ounce of butter.

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Drain them well, make a pure of peas in which a tablespoonful of aspic jelly has been mixed.

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If you add a tablespoonful of chopped parsley to a pint of white sauce, you make parsley sauce.

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