A teaspoon is the smallest of the three common elongated spoons. A dessert spoon is the middle size. Tablespoons are larger and are most commonly used for serving or mixing, rather than eating.
A dessert spoon used as a unit of measurement is two teaspoons, and a tablespoon used as a unit of measurement is three teaspoons, thus a tablespoon is 1.5 dessert spoons.
Teaspoon = approx. 5 ml
Dessertspoon = approx. 10 ml
Tablespoon = approx. 15 ml
This is true for most English speaking countries except for Australia, where a tablespoon is defined as 20 ml, and so equals 4 teaspoons or 2 dessert spoons.
No, a desert spoon is used for eating desert, a table spoon is bigger and used for serving vegtables.
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A teaspoon (tsp) is approximately 5 mL, and a dessert spoon (dsp) is approximately 10 mL. A tablespoon (tbsp) is approximately 15 mL.
It is equal to a spoon which is usually 5ml.
A teaspoon is a specific measure. A spoon is a general term for any utensil that has a shallow bowl on one end so it could be any size.