LADLE

ladle

(noun) a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another

ladle, lade, laden

(verb) remove with or as if with a ladle; “ladle the water out of the bowl”

ladle

(verb) put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle; “ladle soup into the bowl”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

ladle (plural ladles)

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

(metallurgy) A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal.

The float of a mill wheel; a ladle board.

An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.

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

Synonyms

• (deep-bowled spoon): dipper

Verb

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

(transitive) To pour or serve something with a ladle.

Anagrams

• Adell, Della

Source: Wiktionary

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La"dle, n. Etym: [AS.hlædel, fr. hladan to load, drain. See Lade, v. t.]

1. A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping. When the materials of glass have been kept long in fusion, the mixture casts up the superfluous salt, which the workmen take off with ladles. Boyle.

2. (Founding)

Definition: A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold.

3. The float of a mill wheel; -- called also ladle board.

4. (Gun.) (a) An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon. (b) A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot. Ladle wood (Bot.), the wood of a South African tree (Cassine Colpoon), used for carving.

La"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ladled; p. pr. & vb. n. Ladling.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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