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Teaspoons

Scope note

Small spoons, with a capacity one third the size of a tablespoon, used for stirring tea, coffee, or the like served in cups or mugs and used as a standard unit of measurement in recipes.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300043180

Broader Terms used

<place spoons>

Term used for

spoon, tea
spoons, tea

Equivalent Terms used

teaspoon

Created

13yrs ago

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