ladle
/'ledl/
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Definition
Noun:
- A large, deep spoon with a long handle, used for serving liquids such as soup, stew, or sauce from a pot or bowl.
Verb:
- To serve or transfer a liquid using a ladle.
- To remove liquid from a container using a ladle.
Usage
- As a Noun: Use "ladle" to refer to the serving utensil itself.
- As a Verb: Use "ladle" to describe the action of serving a liquid with this utensil. It is often followed by a preposition like "into," "out of," or "onto."
Examples
Noun:
- She used a stainless steel ladle to serve the stew.
- The soup kitchen had a large ladle hanging by the pot.
Verb:
- Please ladle the gravy into this boat.
- He carefully ladled the hot broth out of the cauldron.
Advanced Usage
- "to ladle out": To serve or distribute a liquid, often in generous portions. This can also be used figuratively to mean distributing something freely.
- The chef began to ladle out the soup to the waiting customers.
- The government was accused of ladling out subsidies without proper oversight.
Variants and Related Words
- Ladleful (n): The amount that a ladle can hold.
- She added two ladlefuls of stock to the pan.
Synonyms
- Spoon (n, v): A more general term for a utensil with a shallow bowl and a handle, or the action of using one. (A ladle is a specific type of large spoon.)
- Scoop (n, v): A utensil with a deep bowl for lifting dry or semi-solid substances, or the action of using one.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Ladle out: As described in "Advanced Usage," this means to serve or distribute, especially a liquid.
- Volunteers ladled out hot meals to the homeless.
Related Idioms
Noun
- a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
Verb
- remove with or as if with a ladle
- ladle the water out of the bowl
- put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle
- ladle soup into the bowl