tablespoonful
noun
tablespoonful is a noun meaning “The capacity of a tablespoon (a table implement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-A-B-L-E-S-P-O-O-N-F-U-L, and it appears about once in every 43 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of tablespoonful is tablespoonfuls or tablespoonsful.
What does tablespoonful mean?
noun
- 1
The capacity of a tablespoon (a table implement).
- 2
A tablespoon (a measure of volume).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of tablespoonful
- tablespoonfuls plural
- tablespoonsful plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is tablespoonful?
Tablespoonful appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Tablespoonful in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the amount contained in a tablespoon:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | cucharada |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tablespoonful come from?
From tablespoon + -ful.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).