TSP
n. countablen. Stands for teaspoon. A short way of writing it when you are following a recipe. It is a small unit of measurement used for cooking or medicine.
n. Abbreviation for teaspoon, used as a unit of measure in culinary and pharmaceutical contexts. Equivalent to approximately 5 millilitres.
Add 1 tsp of salt to the mixture.
The recipe calls for exactly 1 tsp of baking powder to ensure the cake rises correctly.
While professional kitchens often measure by weight for precision, home recipes frequently rely on volume-based units like the tsp for small quantities of dry ingredients.
Usually written in lowercase or with a capital 'T' in recipes; often appears without a period in modern usage.
Add one tsp.s of sugarAdd one tsp of sugarAbbreviations for units of measurement like 'tsp' do not take a plural 's' even when the amount is greater than one.