tablespoon

[ tey-buh l-spoon ]

/ ˈteɪ bəlˌspun /

a spoon larger than a teaspoon or a dessert spoon, used in serving food at the table and as a standard measuring unit in recipes.

a tablespoonful.

Origin of tablespoon

First recorded in 1755–65; table + spoon

Gwen recommends a tablespoon, but that seemed like an awful lot, especially after I read about how gross it can taste (and feel).

We Were Gwyneth’s GOOP Guinea Pigs |Erin Cunningham, Olivia Nuzzi |March 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A tablespoon of ketchup, for example, contains about a teaspoon of sugar, or about 16 calories of added sugar.

How to Watch Out for Hidden Sugar and Replace With Leaner Substitutes |Diana Le Dean |February 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The wine will bubble furiously and will almost immediately reduce down to a tablespoon or two as the alcohol and water steam out.

The Perfect Burger (Sans Bun) |Deborah Krasner |November 1, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Pour in half a dime bag of seasoned salt, which is about ½ tablespoon.

How to Cook 'Ghetto Gourmet' |The Daily Beast |December 8, 2009 |DAILY BEAST

Using a tablespoon, drop about 24 small mounds of the cheese onto a nonstick baking sheet.

What to Eat: An Adult Halloween Dinner Party |The Daily Beast |October 20, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
The operator, an old woman, took a tablespoon and filled it with water.

The Covenant of Salt |Henry Clay Trumbull
Place a tablespoon of cherries and a tablespoon of juice on each slice.

A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband |Louise Bennett Weaver
Rub until the salt is dissolved, and then add one tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice.

Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition) |Anonymous
Work to a smooth dough, then drop from the tablespoon into boiling stock.

Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book |Mary A. Wilson
Dip a tablespoon into it and shake it over a stick, to form fil sugar (commonly called spun sugar).

The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book |Victor Hirtzler

tablespoon

/ (ˈteɪbəlˌspuːn) /

a spoon, larger than a dessertspoon, used for serving food, etc

Also called: tablespoonful the amount contained in such a spoon

a unit of capacity used in cooking, medicine, etc, equal to half a fluid ounce or three teaspoons

tablespoon

[ tā′bəl-spōōn′ ]

A measure of about 3 teaspoons or 15 milliliters.