English Dictionary

tablespoon

/ˈteɪbəlˌspuːn/

noun

(Canada, US) A large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl. / (Australia, New Zealand, Northern UK) A spoon too large for eating, usually used for cooking or serving.

I need a tablespoon to measure the ingredients.

意味（1）

(Canada, US) 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 means of a tablespoon, I was enabled to procure many of them.

意味（2）

(Australia, New Zealand, Northern UK) A spoon too large for eating, usually used for cooking or serving.

意味（3）

(cooking) 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.

Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a nonstick skillet until hot and quickly saute the goat-cheese buttons on both sides until brown.