(L to R)
(‘largest’ to ‘smallest’)
-SERVING SPOON-
-TABLE SPOON-
-DESSERT SPOON-
-TEA SPOON-
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-as of [20 FEBRUARY 2025]–
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(usually abbreviated tsp)
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*an ‘item’ of ‘cutlery’*
*a ‘measuring instrument’*
*a ‘unit’ of ‘measurement’ of ‘volume’*
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(but not (necessarily) ‘simultaneously’)
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(in the United States one teaspoon as a unit of culinary measure is…)
1⁄3 tablespoon
-[4.92892159375 mL]-
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it is exactly
1 1⁄3 US fluid drams,
1⁄6 US fl oz,
1⁄48 US cup,
and 1⁄768 US liquid gallon
and 77⁄256 or 0.30078125 cubic inches)
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(for nutritional labeling on food packages in the US, the teaspoon is defined as precisely 5 ml)
(common cutlery teaspoons are not designed to contain a standard volume)
(in practice, they may hold anything between 2.5 mL and 6 mL of liquid, so such spoons are not suitable for precise measurements, in particular for medicine)
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(‘measuring spoons’ should be used instead)
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*SKETCHES*
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*“DESSERT SPOON”* ☞ 
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