Ladle
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English[edit]
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]
Noun[edit]
ladle (plural ladles)
- 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.
- (metallurgy) 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.
Synonyms[edit]
- (deep-bowled spoonlike utensil): dipper
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (deep-bowled spoonlike utensil): serving spoon
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
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container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal
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Verb[edit]
ladle (third-person singular simple present ladles, present participle ladling, simple past and past participle ladled)
- (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.
Translations[edit]
serve with a ladle
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References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “ladle”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ http://www.yourdictionary.com/ladle