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"A spoon too large for eating, usually used for cooking or serving."
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"text": "1995 May 22, Salad Recipes, New York, page 51,\nHeat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a nonstick skillet until hot and quickly saute the goat-cheese buttons on both sides until brown."
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"ref": "2003, Better Homes and Gardens, Biggest Book of Bread Machine Recipes, page 416",
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"text": "2006, Tempted: 150 Very Wicked Desserts, Murdoch Books, UK, copyright page,\nIf you are using a 15 ml (3 teaspoon) tablespoon, for most recipes the difference will not be noticeable."
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"text": "2012, James Armstrong, Kellee Hollyman, General, Organic, and Biochemistry: An Applied Approach, Cengage Learning, US, page 27,\nThe problem gives us a number of tablespoons of cooking oil and asks us to convert this amount into milliliters. We are also told that one tablespoon equals 3 teaspoons, but this is a relationship between two units, not an actual measurement."
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"code": "vo",
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"sense": "a large spoon, used for eating food",
"word": "fidaspun"
},
{
"code": "war",
"lang": "Waray-Waray",
"sense": "a large spoon, used for eating food",
"word": "kutsara"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "a large spoon, used for eating food",
"word": "llwy fwrdd"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "Australia: a spoon for cooking",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "grydeske"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Australia: a spoon for cooking",
"word": "keittolusikka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Australia: a spoon for cooking",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "louche"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Australia: a spoon for cooking",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cuiller à pot"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Australia: a spoon for cooking",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kochlöffel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "koutála",
"sense": "Australia: a spoon for cooking",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κουτάλα"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "Australia: a spoon for cooking",
"word": "pune nui"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "supena lǎžica",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "супена лъжица"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cullerada"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polévková lžíce"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lžíce"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "spiseske"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "spiseskefuld"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eetlepel"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"word": "supkulero"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"word": "ruokalusikallinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"word": "ruokalusikka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cuillère à soupe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Esslöffel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "koutaliá",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κουταλιά"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "koutaliá tis soúpas",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κουταλιά της σούπας"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "camco",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ચમચો"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "matskeið"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cucchiaiata"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ōsaji",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"word": "大さじ"
},
{
"code": "lad",
"lang": "Ladino",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kucharika"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "łyżka"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "łyżka stołowa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "colher de sopa"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lingură"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stolóvaja lóžka",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "столо́вая ло́жка"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spàin-bhùird"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cucharada"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "matsked"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chɔ́ɔn-dtó",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"word": "ช้อนโต๊ะ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"word": "yemek kaşığı"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "a unit of measure",
"word": "llwy fwrdd"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"tablespoon"
],
"word": "tablespoon"
}
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