ladle

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A ladle
A ladle (metallurgy).

Etymology[edit]

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), [1][2] equivalent to lade +‎ -le (agent suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈleɪ.dəl/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪdəl

Noun[edit]

ladle (plural ladles)

  1. A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle.
    • 1680, Robert Boyle, Experiments and Notes about the Producibleness of Chemical Principles:
      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.
  2. (metallurgy) A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal.
  3. The float of a mill wheel; a ladle board.
  4. An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
  5. A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.

Synonyms[edit]

  • (deep-bowled spoonlike utensil): dipper

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Verb[edit]

ladle (third-person singular simple present ladles, present participle ladling, simple past and past participle ladled)

  1. (transitive) 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.

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