ladlenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈleɪ.dəl/us/ˈleɪ.dəl/a very big spoon with a long handle and a deep cup-shaped part, used especially for serving soup:
a soup ladle
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Kitchen utensils
- -pronged
- beater
- bottle opener
- bread knife
- brochette
- can opener
- corkscrew
- fish slice
- garlic press
- grater
- knife
- knife grinder
- pepper mill
- pestle
- prong
- rolling pin
- spatula
- tongs
- utensil
- whisk
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ladleverb [ T ]
uk/ˈleɪ.dəl/us/ˈleɪ.dəl/also ladle outto put soup or other liquid food into bowls to give to people, using a ladle
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Providing & serving meals
- cater
- catering
- dish (sth) up
- dish sth out
- do 1
- do the honours idiom
- honour
- place
- provision
- rustle
- rustle sth up
- serve
- serve sth up
- table
- take
- take sth away
- take sth out
- wait
- wait at table(s) idiom
- whip
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Phrasal verb(s)
ladle sth out