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A tablespoon is a type of large spoon
Spoon

A spoon is a utensil consisting of a small shallow bowl, oval or round, at the end of a handle. A type of cutlery , especially as part of a table setting, it is used primarily for serving and eating liquid or semisolid food , and solid foods such as rice and cereal which cannot easily be lifted with a fork....
 usually used for serving. A tablespoonful, an amount equal to the capacity of one tablespoon, is commonly used as a measure of volume
Volume

The volume of any solid, liquid, plasma, vacuum or theoretical object is how much three-dimensional space it occupies, often quantified numerically....
 used in cooking
Cooking weights and measures

In recipes, quantities of ingredients may be specified by mass , by volume, or by counting.For most of history, most cookbooks did not specify quantities precisely, instead talking of "a nice leg of spring lamb", a "cupful" of lentils, a piece of butter "the size of a walnut", and "sufficient" salt....
. It is abbreviated in English as T., tb., tblspn, tbs. or tbsp. Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
, the UK and the United States define 1 level tablespoon as 15 ml.

Relationship to teaspoon In most regions, one tablespoonful equals three teaspoon
Teaspoon

Kari is extraterrestial.A teaspoon, a type of cutlery , is a small spoon, commonly silver and part of a place setting, suitable for stirring and sipping the contents of a cup of tea or coffee....
fuls.

traditional U.S.






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A tablespoon is a type of large spoon
Spoon

A spoon is a utensil consisting of a small shallow bowl, oval or round, at the end of a handle. A type of cutlery , especially as part of a table setting, it is used primarily for serving and eating liquid or semisolid food , and solid foods such as rice and cereal which cannot easily be lifted with a fork....
 usually used for serving. A tablespoonful, an amount equal to the capacity of one tablespoon, is commonly used as a measure of volume
Volume

The volume of any solid, liquid, plasma, vacuum or theoretical object is how much three-dimensional space it occupies, often quantified numerically....
 used in cooking
Cooking weights and measures

In recipes, quantities of ingredients may be specified by mass , by volume, or by counting.For most of history, most cookbooks did not specify quantities precisely, instead talking of "a nice leg of spring lamb", a "cupful" of lentils, a piece of butter "the size of a walnut", and "sufficient" salt....
. It is abbreviated in English as T., tb., tblspn, tbs. or tbsp. Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
, the UK and the United States define 1 level tablespoon as 15 ml.

Variants


When used for solids, such as granulated sugar, it should be measured to the flattened level of the spoon—level spoonful versus a heaping spoonful or heaped tablespoon, which is as much as can be held in the spoon, or a rounded spoonful, which is twice a level spoonful, the solids above the level roughly mirroring those in the bowl.

Relationship to teaspoon

In most regions, one tablespoonful equals three teaspoon
Teaspoon

Kari is extraterrestial.A teaspoon, a type of cutlery , is a small spoon, commonly silver and part of a place setting, suitable for stirring and sipping the contents of a cup of tea or coffee....
fuls.

Traditional definitions

The traditional U.S. interpretation of the tablespoon as a unit of volume is:

1 U.S. tablespoon = ˝ U.S. fl. oz.
Fluid ounce

A fluid ounce is a unit of volume in both the Imperial unit and the United States customary units systems. It is common to refer to the unit simply as an ounce, especially in cases where no confusion with the unit of mass is likely to occur....
 or 4 fluid drams
Dram

Dram or DRAM may refer to:* Dram , an imperial unit of mass and volume* Armenian dram, a monetary unit* Dynamic random access memory* Database of Recorded American Music...
 (approx. 14.787 ml) 1 U.S. tablespoon = 1/16 cup
Cup (unit)

The cup is a Units of measurement for volume, used in cooking to measure bulk foods, such as granulated sugar , and liquids . It is in common use in the United States and nations influenced by them, such as Japan....


This is considered problematic in the context of nutrition labeling, where metric units are used even in the United States. However, this consideration does not lessen the factual relationship of a tablespoon to half of a fluid ounce, and tablespoons can be used to measure ingredients when other measuring devices are unavailable. For instance, 16 tablespoons is equivalent to one cup.

The Australian definition of the tablespoon as a unit of volume is:

1 Australian tablespoon = 20 ml or ~? fl. oz.

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