means A large spoon used for serving or measuring, equal to three teaspoons or about 15 milliliters in cooking.

from A plain compound of "table" and "spoon," born when households began distinguishing the bigger spoon laid at table from the small one for tea. "Table" traces back through Old French to Latin "tabula" (a board or plank), while "spoon" comes from Old English "spōn," which originally meant a chip or splinter of wood—a reminder that the first spoons were little more than carved slivers.