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tablespoonful

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ta·ble·spoon·ful  (tbl-spn-fl)
n. pl. ta·ble·spoon·fuls Abbr. T. or tbs. or tbsp.
The amount that a tablespoon can hold.
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Noun1.tablespoonfultablespoonful - as much as a tablespoon will hold
containerful - the quantity that a container will hold


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Some of the less important dailies give one a tablespoonful of a continued story every day; it is strung across the bottom of the page, in the French fashion.
He drew from his pocket a little phial and poured into a wine-glass which stood on a table by the side of the bed, half a dozen drops of some ruby-coloured liquid, to which he added a tablespoonful of water.
It has been inside the book ever since--and--and--this is what is such a marvel to me, the knife only went in a couple of inches at most, just under her left breast, and there wasn't more than half a tablespoonful of blood altogether, not more.
 
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