tablespoonful
the amount a tablespoon can hold.
a volumetric measure equal to ½ fluid ounce (14.8 milliliters), or three teaspoonfuls. Abbreviations: T., tbs., tbsp.
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How to use tablespoonful in a sentence
Drop the biscuit batter by the heaping tablespoonful onto a prepared baking sheets allowing about 1- inch between mounds.
A little less than a heaping tablespoonful to ten steps square is about the quantity of seed.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.The amount of seed needed to the square rod varies with different seasons, soils, and seeds, but can be loosely a tablespoonful.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Let it all boil till the macaroni is tender, then add a tablespoonful of Parmesan cheese and an ounce of butter.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode | Harriet A. de SalisDrain them well, make a pure of peas in which a tablespoonful of aspic jelly has been mixed.
Dressed Game and Poultry la Mode | Harriet A. de Salis
If you add a tablespoonful of chopped parsley to a pint of white sauce, you make parsley sauce.
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