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A tablespoon is a large spoon and a cooking measure of volume. In many English-speaking regions, the term now refers to a large spoon used for serving. In some regions, it is the largest type of spoon
Measuring spoons, with the largest one representing the volume of a tablespoon.
left-to-right: Serving spoon Tablespoon (tbsp.) Dessert spoon (dsp.) Teaspoon (tsp.)
Teaspoon
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A teaspoon is a small spoon that can be used to stir a cup of tea or coffee, or as a tool for measuring volume. The size of teaspoons ranges from about 2.5 to 7.3 mL. For dosing of medicine and, in pl
Tablespoon
…From about 1700 the place setting became popular, and with it the "table-spoon" (hyphenated), "table-fork" and "table-knife". Around the same time the tea-spoon and dessert-spoon first appeared. The table-spoon was reserved for eating soup. The 18th century witnessed a proliferation of different sorts of spoons…
Measuring spoons, with the second largest one representing the volume of a teaspoon.
A cup of coffee with coffee spoon
An 1825 cartoon makes fun of a Frenchman unfamiliar with the British etiquette. The guest did not place his spoon into the cup and is thus being offered his thirteenth cup of tea.