Tablespoon vs Spoon - What's the difference?
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(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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An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
* Shakespeare
An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.
A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.
(sports, archaic) A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern three wood.
(fishing) A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a table spoon.
(dentistry, informal) A spoon excavator.
(figuratively, slang, archaic) A simpleton, a spooney.
A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.
To serve using a spoon.
(dated) To flirt; to make advances; to court, to interact romantically or amorously.
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(transitive, or, intransitive, slang, of persons) To lie nestled front-to-back, following the contours of the bodies, in a manner reminiscent of stacked spoons.
(tennis) To hit weakly
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Spoon is a derived term of tablespoon.
As nouns the difference between tablespoon and spoon
is that tablespoon is a large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl while spoon is an implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.As a verb spoon is
to serve using a spoon.tablespoon
English
(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.
Synonyms
* (large spoon used for eating) dessertspoon, dessert spoon * (large spoon used for cooking or serving) * (unit of volume) tablespoonful, tbsp, tbsSee also
* cutlery * dessertspoon, dessert spoon * silverware * soupspoon, soup spoon * teaspoon, tea spoonspoon
English
(wikipedia spoon)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.
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Derived terms
* spoonbill * spooner * spoon bread * spoon-feed, spoon-fed * dessert spoon, dessertspoon * gag me with a spoon * measuring spoon * runcible spoon * silver spoon * soup spoon, soupspoon * tablespoon * teaspoon * wooden spoonVerb
(en verb)- Sarah spooned some apple sauce onto her plate.
- Do you think we spoon and do? We only talk.
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