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ladle

noun

  1. type of spoon having a long handle terminating in a deep bow
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verb

  1. to carry or move with a ladle
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.dəl/ / /ˈlæɪ.dəl/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English ladel, from Old English hlædel, derived from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”), same source as Lithuanian kloti (“to spread”), equivalent to lade + -le (“agent suffix”).

  1. 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.

  2. A container used in a foundry or steel mill to transport and pour out molten metal.
  3. The float or paddle on a mill wheel.
  4. An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.

    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.

  5. A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English ladel, from Old English hlædel, derived from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”), same source as Lithuanian kloti (“to spread”), equivalent to lade + -le (“agent suffix”).

  1. To pour or serve something with a ladle.

    One worker ladled molten steel into the shot sleeve.

    The host ladled the soup into her guests' bowls.