A tablespoon or tbls when referring to dry goods (i.e. flour etc.) usually means a rounded tablespoon.. A rounded tablespoon means there is as much of the product you are measuring above the top edge of the spoon as there is in the “bowl” of the spoon

Tablespoons and teaspoons are units of volume that are handy for measuring smaller amounts of ingredients (e.g. spices, oils, vanilla extract) that wouldn’t be practical to weigh on a scale and are too small to measure in cups.

The most accurate way to measure a tablespoon is to use a measuring spoon. If you don't have a measuring spoon, you can use measurement equivalents. For example, 3 level teaspoons makes 1 tablespoon. 1/16 of a cup is also equivalent to 1 tablespoon, a