ladle
(leɪdəl )
Word forms: ladles , ladling , ladled
1. countable noun
A ladle is a large, round, deep spoon with a long handle, used for serving soup, stew, or sauce.
Synonyms: spoon, scoop, dipper
2. verb [Also VERB noun]
If you ladle food such as soup or stew, you serve it, especially with a ladle.
Barry held the bowls while Liz ladled soup into them. [VERB noun preposition]
Mrs King went to the big black stove and ladled out steaming soup. [VERB noun with adverb]
Synonyms: serve, dish out, dish up, scoop out
Phrasal verbs:
ladle out
phrasal verb [Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
If you ladle out something such as money, information, or advice, you give it freely and in large quantities.
She was constantly on the phone, ladling out inside details to reporters. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
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Translations:
Chinese: 杓子
Japanese: お玉
- technical advice
- technical adviser
- technical aid
- technical analysis
- technical analyst
- technical aspect
- technical assistance
- technical assistant
- technical background
- technical barrier
- technical breakthrough
- technical capability
- technical capacity
- technical challenge
- technical college
- technical committee
- technical competence
- technical complexity
- technical consultant
- technical correction
- technical defect
- technical definition
- technical details
- technical development
- technical director