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What (who) is ladle - definition
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Ladle (disambiguation)
ladle
(ladles, ladling, ladled)
1.
A ladle is a large, round, deep spoon with a long handle, used for serving soup, stew, or sauce.
N-COUNT
2.
If you ladle food such as soup or stew, you serve it, especially with a ladle.
Barry held the bowls while Liz ladled soup into them...
Mrs King went to the big black stove and ladled out steaming soup.
VERB: V n prep, V n with adv, also V n
Ladle
·vt An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
II. Ladle ·vt The float of a mill wheel;
- called also ladle board.
III. Ladle ·vt A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold.
IV. Ladle ·vt A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.
V. Ladle ·vt A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping.
VI. Ladle ·vt To take up and convey in a ladle; to dip with, or as with, a ladle; as, to ladle out soup; to ladle oatmeal into a kettle.
ladle
¦ noun
1. a large long-handled spoon with a cup-shaped bowl, used for serving soup or sauce.
2. a container for transporting molten metal in a foundry.
¦ verb
1. serve with a ladle.
2. (ladle something out) distribute something in large amounts.
Derivatives
ladleful noun (plural ladlefuls).
ladler noun
Origin
OE hl?del, from hladan (see lade).
Wikipedia
Ladle
Ladle may refer to:
- Ladle (spoon), a bowl-shaped serving device for liquids such as soup, in Hausa language called Ludayi
- Ladle (metallurgy), a vessel used to carry, and pour molten metal
- Ladle, a monthly tournament of Armagetron Advanced
Examples of use of ladle
1. Ladle the soup into bowls and sprinkle with cumin seeds.
2. Ladle into bowls and scatter over the feta and mint leaves.
3. Metin reached for a wire ladle, stirring as the bobbing balls of dough began to slowly turn color.
4. The Red Guard chief took a wooden ladle and poured the runny concoction down the woman‘s throat.
5. When serving, use a slotted spoon to transfer them carefully to soup bowls, and ladle hot soup over them.