Etymology

tablespoon

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Today it means: A large spoon, used for eating food from a bowl. Full definition →

English spoon ← Middle English table
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  1. Middle Englishtable
  2. Englishtable
  3. Englishspoon
  4. English todaytablespoon

From table + spoon.

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