ladle in English dictionary

  • ladle

    Meanings and definitions of "ladle"

    • A deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle.
    • A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal
    • (transitive) to serve something with a ladle
    • noun
      A deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle.
    • noun
      A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal.
    • noun
      The float of a mill wheel; a ladle board.
    • noun
      An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
    • noun
      A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      to serve something with a ladle
    • draw (water)
    • (to) draw up
    • deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
    • serve with a ladle
    • A type of spoon having a long handle terminating in a deep bowl.
    • noun
      a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
    • noun
      a vessel used to transport and pour out molten metals.
      Ladles range in size from small hand carried vessels that resemble a kitchen ladle and hold 20 kilograms (44 lb) to large steelmill ladles that hold up to 300 tonnes (330 tons).
    • verb
      put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle; "ladle soup into the bowl"
    • verb
      remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of the bowl"

    Synonyms of "ladle" in English dictionary

    laden, put, remove are the top synonyms of "ladle" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of ladle

    • ladle ( third-person singular simple present ladles, present participle ladling, simple past and past participle ladled)
    • ladle ( plural  ladles)
    • ladle (plural ladles)
    • ladle (third-person singular simple present ladles, present participle ladling, simple past and past participle ladled)
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