tablespoonful
Americannoun
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tablespoonfuls
plural
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the amount a tablespoon can hold.
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a volumetric measure equal to ½ fluid ounce (14.8 milliliters), or three teaspoonfuls. T., tbs., tbsp.
Spelling
See -ful.
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of tablespoonful
First recorded in 1765–75; tablespoon + -ful
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Spoon in the batter by the tablespoonful, and cook for about 2 minutes until browned and crisp on the bottom.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
On the center of each dough circle, add a heaping tablespoonful of the potato filling.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2022
It was named the Milk River by the explorer Meriwether Lewis who described it as the “color of a cup of tea with the admixture of a tablespoonful of milk,” the result of suspended sediment.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2020
Yet without that tablespoonful of syrup, it somehow doesn't count for me as a proper Christmas film.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 15, 2010
Two cups oatmeal or cracked wheat; 2 eggs; 1 tablespoonful butter; 1 pint milk; three medium-sized apples; a little suet; cinnamon to flavor; sweeten to taste.
From Clayton's Quaker Cook-Book Being a Practical Treatise on the Culinary Art Adapted to the Tastes and Wants of all Classes by H. J. Clayton
Drop dough by tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.
From Fox News ● Jan. 23, 2022
Baking a poundcake turns into an opportunity to sneak tablespoonfuls of raw batter and eat thick slices of inexpensive Freedom's Choice brand cream cheese right off the knife.
From Salon ● May 9, 2020
Scoop out tablespoonfuls of the croquette mixture, roll into balls and then flatten into pucks.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 22, 2017
Try pasta puttanesca, usually good for using up a few tablespoonfuls.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2014
“Once when I was twenty-four, once when I was fifty-seven. Two tablespoonfuls taken with breakfast. Two perfect days.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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