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the amount that a tablespoon holds, used as a measure
Add a tablespoonful of olive oil to the simmering sauce.
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From tablespoon (table + spoon) + -ful. Table is from Latin tabula ('board, plank'); spoon is from Old English spōn ('chip, splinter of wood').
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