ladle
Collocations
4ADJ.
against, beautiful, left, long, right, used
VERB + LADLE
borrow, dipped, dropped, holding
LADLE + NOUN
pot, soup
PREP.
in, into, with, with
Definitions
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.
A container used in a foundry or steel mill to transport and pour out molten metal.
The float or paddle on a mill wheel.
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.
A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.
verb
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.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6When 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.
WiktionaryThe 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.
WiktionaryOne worker ladled molten steel into the shot sleeve.
WiktionaryThe host ladled the soup into her guests' bowls.
WiktionaryLadle the soup into everyone's bowl.
Tatoeba · #830711What do you mean you dropped the ladle in the pot? How are we going to serve the homeless now?
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