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ta·ble·spoon
 tablespoon
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- pronunciation:
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A tablespoon is a certain amount of liquid or other substance. We often use tablespoons to measure small amounts of things when we cook. A large spoon used for serving food holds about one tablespoon. A tablespoon is equal to three teaspoons. A short way of writing tablespoon or tablespoons is "tbs."
I had to take a whole tablespoon of cough medicine, but it didn't really taste bad.A stick of butter contains eight tablespoons.
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A tablespoon is a large spoon used for serving or eating things like soup or stew.
Most of our spoons are small. We don't have many tablespoons.
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