ladle
Plural: ladles
Noun
- a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
- A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle.
- 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.
Verb
Verb Forms: ladled, ladling, ladles
- To scoop or lift out with a large deep spoon.
- put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle
- "ladle soup into the bowl"
- remove with or as if with a ladle
- "ladle the water out of the bowl"
- To pour or serve something with a ladle.
Examples
- He decided to LADLE out high-scoring words, hoping to overwhelm his Scrabble opponent.
- One worker ladled molten steel into the shot sleeve.
- The host ladled the soup into her guests' bowls.
Origin / 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”).
Scrabble Score: 6
ladle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordladle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ladle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
ladle: valid Words With Friends Word