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* In the UK, teaspoons and tablespoons are formally 1 / 160 and 1 / 40 of an imperial pint (3·55 mL and 14·21 mL), respectively. In Canada, a teaspoon is historically 1 ⁄ 6 imperial fluid ounce (4.74 mL) and a tablespoon is 1 ⁄ 2 imperial fl oz (14.21 mL). In both Britain and Canada, cooking utensils commonly come in 5 mL ...
The lethal dose of table salt is roughly 0.5–1 gram per kilogram of body weight. [1] In medicine, salt poisoning is most frequently encountered in children or infants [2] [3] who may be made to consume excessive amounts of table salt. At least one instance of murder of a hospitalized child by salt poisoning has been reported. [4]
= 1 1 / 3 international metric tablespoons = 2 metric dessert spoons, 1 metric dessert spoon = 10 ml each = 4 metric teaspoons, 1 metric teaspoon = 5 ml each ≈ 5.63 British imperial fluid drachms ≈ 0.7 British imperial fluid ounce ≈ 1.41 UK tablespoons ≈ 2.82 UK dessert spoons: ≈ 4.12 UK teaspoons: ≈ 11.26 UK salt spoons
These cutlery spoons are also called a "teaspoon" and "tablespoon", but are not necessarily the same volume as measuring spoons with the same names: Cutlery spoons are not made to standard sizes and may hold 2.5~7.3 ml (50%~146% of 5 ml) for teaspoons [3] and 7~20 ml (47%~133% of 15 ml) for tablespoons. The difference in size can be dangerous ...
Teaspoon — small, suitable for stirring and sipping tea or coffee; standard capacity one third of a tablespoon; a cooking measure of volume; Tablespoon — sometimes used for ice cream and soup; standard capacity of three teaspoons; a cooking measure of volume; M1926 spoon — Army issue with mess kits from 1941 to 2002, volume of two tablespoons
[1] [2] The size of teaspoons ranges from about 2.5 to 7.3 ml (about 0·088 to 0·257 imperial fluid ounce or 0·085 to 0·247 US fluid ounce). For dosing of medicine and, in places where metric units are used, for cooking purposes, a teaspoonful is defined as 5 ml (about 0·18 imperial fluid ounce or 0·17 US fluid ounce), and standard ...
1 / 2 UK salt spoon is an amount of space that can accommodate 15 British imperial minims ( 1 / 4 British imperial fluid drachm or 1 / 32 British imperial fluid ounce; about 14·41 US customary minims (0·24 US customary fluid dram or 0·03 US customary fluid ounce) or 0·89 millilitres) of liquid.
wineglassful = about 2 fl oz; tablespoonful = about 1/2 fl oz; dessertspoonful = about 2 fl dr; teaspoonful = about 1 fl dr; drop = about minim; teacupful (5 fl oz, or 1 gill ibid) wineglassful (2-1/2 fl oz or 1/2 gill or 1/2 teacupful or 1/4 tumblerful) dessertspoonful (1/4 fl oz or 2 fl dr and equal to 2 teaspoonful or 1/2 tablespoonful)