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tbsp

tbsp is the abbreviation of tablespoon.

Meaning of tablespoon

Noun

tablespoon (plural tablespoons)

  1. (Canada, US) A large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl.
    • Their eggs were deposited on a few bits of straw, and great caution was necessary in attempting to procure them, as the slightest touch crumbled their frail tenement into dust. By means of a tablespoon, I was enabled to procure many of them.1840, John James Audubon, The Birds of America, volume 1, page 178
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, Northern-UK) A spoon too large for eating, usually used for cooking or serving.
  3. A unit of volume, the value of which varies regionally; in the US: three teaspoons or one half fluid ounce or roughly 15 ml; in Britain and Canada: exactly 15 ml; in Russia 18 ml; in Australia: four teaspoons or 20 ml.
    • Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a nonstick skillet until hot and quickly saute the goat-cheese buttons on both sides until brown.1995 May 22, Salad Recipes, New York, page 51
    Synonyms:
    tablespoonful, tbsp, tbs, f℥ss, f℥ß

Noun capitalized: Tbsp

Tbsp (plural Tbsp)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of tbsp.
    • 2 tsp vinegar / 2 Tbsp 1% milk2011, Sandi Richard, Eating Forward: The New Way to Create Amazing & Easy Family Dinners, Cochrane, Alta.: Cooking for the Rushed Inc., →ISBN, page 50
    • 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional) / 1 Tbsp sweetener2012, Kelly Lester, Cooking with Trader Joe’s Cookbook: Easy Lunch Boxes, Encinitas, Calif.: Brown Bag Publishers, →ISBN, page 52

Forms of tbsp

pluraltbsp
pluraltbsps
alternative formtbs
alternative formtbs.
alternative formTbsp
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alternative formtbsp.
pluralTbsp

Origin of tbsp

Capitalized, while leaving tsp in lower case, to emphasize that the larger tablespoon, rather than the smaller teaspoon, is wanted.

Questions about tbsp

What is tbsp the abbreviation of?
Tbsp is the abbreviation of tablespoon.
What part of speech is tbsp?
Tbsp is a noun.
What is the plural of tbsp?
The plural of tbsp is tbsp.

Words near tbsp in the dictionary

  1. tbqh
  2. TBR
  3. tbr.
  4. tbs
  5. TBSA
  6. tbsp
  7. Tbsp.
  8. tbsps
  9. TBT
  10. TBTF
  11. tbth

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tbsp (page history and authors); Tbsp (page history and authors); tablespoon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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