Definition of Tablespoonful

1. Noun. As much as a tablespoon will hold.

Exact synonyms: Tablespoon
Generic synonyms: Containerful

Definition of Tablespoonful

1. n. As much as a tablespoon will hold; enough to fill a tablespoon. It is usually reckoned as one half of a fluid ounce, or four fluid drams.

Definition of Tablespoonful

1. Noun. The level capacity a standard (15 milliliter) tablespoon can hold. Three teaspoonsful. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tablespoonful

1. [n -SPOONFULS or -SPOONSFUL]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tablespoonful

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Literary usage of Tablespoonful

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Picayune Creole Cook Book (1922)
"Parsley Cream Sauce Sauce à la Crime de Persil A Tablespoonful and a Half of ... To the recipe for White Sauce add one tablespoonful and a half of finely ..."

2. The Modern Materia Medica: The Source, Chemical and Physical Properties (1911)
"Dose, a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful. ... but it has been given internally, a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful of a % to 1 per cent, solution containing a ..."

3. 365 Foreign Dishes: A Foreign Dish for Every Day in the Year (1908)
"Beat 4 yolks of eggs ; add 6 soda crackers crushed fine, salt, pepper, i teaspoonful of grated onion, 1 tablespoonful of butter and 1 cup of milk. ..."

4. Books and My Food: With Literary Quotations and Original Recipes for Every by Elisabeth Luther Cary, Annie Maria Jones (1904)
"To half a peck add a large tablespoonful of butter, half a teaspoonful of salt, ... Thicken with one tablespoonful of flour, rubbed in two of butter; ..."

5. Quick Cooking: A Book of Culinary Heresies for the Busy Wives and Mothers of by Flora Haines Loughead (1887)
"1 tablespoonful vanilla. Blanched almonds, chopped, if desired. 1^ cupfuls molasses. 1 cupful caramel coloring. 3 tablespoonfuls molasses. ..."

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