Soupspoon vs Tablespoon - What's the difference?
soupspoon | tablespoon |
A spoon for eating soup, characterised by having a round bowl rather than the usual oval bowl of other types of spoon.
A soupspoonful.
(Canada, US) A large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl.
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(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 .
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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
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Noun
(en noun)See also
* cutlery * dessertspoon * ladle * lovespoon * tablespoon * teaspoontablespoon
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(wikipedia tablespoon)Alternative forms
* table spoon, table-spoonNoun
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- 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.
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- Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a nonstick skillet until hot and quickly saute the goat-cheese buttons on both sides until brown.
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- In Australia, 1 tablespoon' equals 20 ml, and there are 4 teaspoons in the Australian ' tablespoon .
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- If you are using a 15 ml (3 teaspoon) tablespoon , for most recipes the difference will not be noticeable.
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- 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.