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ˈtable-spoon
A spoon (larger than a dessert-spoon) used for taking soup, and, in a larger size, for serving vegetables, puddings, etc. at table. Also loosely, = tablespoonful.
1763Brit. Mag. IV. 275 The villain stole two large table⁓spoons. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. i. ii, Like a face in a table⁓spoon. 1960E. David Fr. Prov. Cooking 506 For 2 lb. of fruit add 6 tablespoons of vanilla sugar. 1981Sunday Tel. 8 Mar. 11/2 Cucumber soup. 1 small onion; 1 clove garlic; 2 tablespoons sunflower oil; [etc.].
Hence ˈtableˈspoonful, as much as a table-spoon holds; also fig.
1772Higgins in Phil. Trans. LXIII. 140 Half a table⁓spoonful of the..solution. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xvi. 198 Brandy..served out in tablespoonful doses. 1880[see continued ppl. a. 3 b]. 1894Walsh Coffee (Philad.) 240 Add half tablespoonful of powdered chicory to two tablespoonfuls of ground coffee. |