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tablespoonful

noun

Etymology

From tablespoon + -ful.

  1. derived from *(s)peH-✻ — “chip, shaving, log, length of wood”
  2. inherited from *spēnuz✻ — “chip, flake, shaving”
  3. inherited from *spānu✻
  4. inherited from spōn — “sliver, chip of wood, shaving”
  5. inherited from spoon
  6. formed as tablespoon — “table + spoon”
  7. suffixed as tablespoonful — “tablespoon + ful”

Definitions

  1. The capacity of a tablespoon (table implement).

  2. A tablespoon (measure of volume).

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