Ladle

Quick meaning: Ladle is a noun meaning A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle.

Meaning

A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle.

More Meanings

1. (metallurgy) A container used in a foundry or steel mill to transport and pour out molten metal.
2. The float or paddle on a mill wheel.
3. An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
4. A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.
5. (transitive) To pour or serve something with a ladle.

Example Sentences

The host ladled the soup into her guests' bowls.

One worker ladled molten steel into the shot sleeve.

When the materials of glass have been kept long in fusion, the mixture casts up the superfluous salt, which the workmen afterwards take off with ladles.

The great guns ranged along the deck — each bound fast by its new breechings — with their linstocks and sponges and ladles and rammers, made no idle show of warlike strength.

Word Forms

• ladles
• ladling
• ladled

Synonyms for ladle

Depending on context, synonyms include dipper, laden, lade.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lade, laden, spoon, busboy, waiter, dipper.

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