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tsp.

American  

abbreviation

  1. teaspoon.

  2. teaspoonful.


tsp. British  

abbreviation

  1. teaspoon

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Salt, 1 tsp. of vanilla extract; 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons of dark corn syrup; 4 large eggs, beaten; 2 cups of pecan halves; 10-inch pie crust.

From Washington Times Dec. 22, 2022

Mix the salmon with 1 Tbsp. of the oil, a rounded ¼ tsp. salt and a good grind of pepper.

From Seattle Times Apr. 12, 2022

Place 1 pepper, 1 garlic clove, and 1 tsp. dill seeds in each jar.

From Southern Living Aug. 25, 2010

When home economists ran the kitchen, recipes read like laboratory reports, and human voices could rarely be discerned above the instructions for tsp. and tbsp.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mix 1 tsp. of cornstarch with 2 tsp. of cold water and stir into ¼ cup of boiling water.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools by Ontario. Ministry of Education

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