What does ladle mean?
Ladle means A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle..
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/ˈleɪ.dəl/ · noun
A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle..
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.
One worker ladled molten steel into the shot sleeve.
The host ladled the soup into her guests' bowls.
Use ladle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ladle means A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle..
Common synonyms include dipper, ladle board, laden, lade.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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