ladle

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  1. noun A long-handled spoon with a deep bowl for serving liquids.
  2. transitive verb To lift out or serve with a long-handled spoon.

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  • Randy was holding a soup ladle, and he whacked Diesel in the knee with it. —  Visions of Sugar Plums
  • She reached for the ladle -- but Amy beat her to it. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 02 - February 1994
  • The pike came down hard, and the ladle was sliced just above its scoop. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • It was a small ladle, and there was a piece of meat in it. —  VoiceoftheGods
  • She shook her head when one of the servants made to pick up a glass and a ladle, and stood close to the door, looking out of the window onto a white world beyond. —  Mary Balogh - Unforgiven
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

spoon ·  dipper ·  tongs ·  utensil ·  teapot ·  kettle ·  candlestick ·  shovel ·  caldron ·  spatula ·  platter ·  pan

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ladle:   ladling
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English hlædel, from hladan, to draw out, lade.

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  1. from Middle English ladel, a ladle, from Anglo-Saxon hlædel, a ladle (glossed by L. antlia) (cf. hlæden, a bucket, hlædhweól, hlædtrendel, a wheel used in drawing water), from hladan, lade (water): see lade.
  2. from ladle, n.
 

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