OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 9599

tablespoon

/ˈteɪbəlˌspuːn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cuchara • cuchara de sopa
A large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl.
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…
cucharada
A unit of volume, the value of which varies regionally; in the US: three teaspoons or one half fluid ounce or roughly 15 ml; in Britain and Canada: exactly 15 ml; in Russia 18 ml; in Australia: four teaspoons or 20 ml.
1995 May 22, Salad Recipes, New York, 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.
In Australia, 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml, and there are 4 teaspoons in the Australian tablespoon.
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