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Soupspoon vs Tablespoon - What's the difference?

soupspoon | tablespoon |

As nouns the difference between soupspoon and tablespoon

is that soupspoon is a spoon for eating soup, characterised by having a round bowl rather than the usual oval bowl of other types of spoon while tablespoon is a large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl.

soupspoon

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A spoon for eating soup, characterised by having a round bowl rather than the usual oval bowl of other types of spoon.
  • A soupspoonful.
  • See also

    * cutlery * dessertspoon * ladle * lovespoon * tablespoon * teaspoon

    tablespoon

    Alternative forms

    * table spoon, table-spoon

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Canada, US) A large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl.
  • * 1840 , , Volume 1, page 178,
  • Their eggs were deposited on a few bits of straw, and great caution was necessary in attempting to procure them, as the slightest touch crumbled their frail tenement into dust. By means of a tablespoon , I was enabled to procure many of them.
  • (Australia, New Zealand, Northern UK) A spoon too large for eating, usually used for cooking or serving.
  • (cooking) A unit of volume, the value of which varies regionally; in the US: three teaspoons or roughly 15 ml; in Britain and Canada: exactly 15 ml; in Australia: four teaspoons or 20 ml .
  • * 1995 May 22, Salad Recipes'', '' , page 51,
  • Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a nonstick skillet until hot and quickly saute the goat-cheese buttons on both sides until brown.
  • * 2003 , , Biggest Book of Bread Machine Recipes , page 416,
  • In Australia, 1 tablespoon' equals 20 ml, and there are 4 teaspoons in the Australian ' tablespoon .
  • * 2006 , Tempted: 150 Very Wicked Desserts , Murdoch Books, UK, copyright page,
  • If you are using a 15 ml (3 teaspoon) tablespoon , for most recipes the difference will not be noticeable.
  • * 2012 , James Armstrong, Kellee Hollyman, General, Organic, and Biochemistry: An Applied Approach , Cengage Learning, US, page 27,
  • The problem gives us a number of tablespoons' of cooking oil and asks us to convert this amount into milliliters. We are also told that one ' tablespoon equals 3 teaspoons, but this is a relationship between two units, not an actual measurement.

    Synonyms

    * (large spoon used for eating) dessertspoon, dessert spoon * (large spoon used for cooking or serving) * (unit of volume) tablespoonful, tbsp, tbs

    See also

    * cutlery * dessertspoon, dessert spoon * silverware * soupspoon, soup spoon * teaspoon, tea spoon