Ladle
noun
A big spoon with a long handle used for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
He ladled soup into the bowls with a large ladle.
Often appears as...
- serve with a ladle
- ladle out
verb
To serve soup, stew, or other foods using a ladle.
Ladle the stew into serving bowls.
Often appears as...
- ladle out
- ladle into
noun
A big spoon with a long handle used for serving soup, stew, or other foods.
He ladled soup into the bowls with a large ladle.
Often appears as...
- serve with a ladle
- ladle out
verb
To serve soup, stew, or other foods using a ladle.
Ladle the stew into serving bowls.
Often appears as...
- ladle out
- ladle into
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Kitchen Utensil
Think of 'ladle' as a special kitchen tool often found in homes and restaurants.
Every kitchen should have a ladle for serving soups.
Pro Tip 2/3Large and Deep
A ladle is larger and deeper than ordinary spoons to hold more liquid.
He used a ladle to scoop the punch because it was deeper than a spoon.
Pro Tip 3/3Serving Tool
'Ladle' connotes generous serving, often at social gatherings or family meals.
Grandma ladled out her famous chili during the family reunion.
Pro Tip 1/3Kitchen Utensil
Think of 'ladle' as a special kitchen tool often found in homes and restaurants.
Every kitchen should have a ladle for serving soups.
Pro Tip 2/3Large and Deep
A ladle is larger and deeper than ordinary spoons to hold more liquid.
He used a ladle to scoop the punch because it was deeper than a spoon.
Pro Tip 3/3Serving Tool
'Ladle' connotes generous serving, often at social gatherings or family meals.
Grandma ladled out her famous chili during the family reunion.
Pro Tip 1/3Kitchen Utensil
Think of 'ladle' as a special kitchen tool often found in homes and restaurants.
Every kitchen should have a ladle for serving soups.
Pro Tip 2/3Large and Deep
A ladle is larger and deeper than ordinary spoons to hold more liquid.
He used a ladle to scoop the punch because it was deeper than a spoon.
Pro Tip 3/3Serving Tool
'Ladle' connotes generous serving, often at social gatherings or family meals.
Grandma ladled out her famous chili during the family reunion.
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The legend of Annapurna,...
the compassionate Parvati could no longer stand by and watch her devotees wasting away. To walk among them and restore their health, she took the form of a new avatar, carrying a golden bowl of porridge and armed with a jewel-encrusted ladle.
Video examples
Finding Freedom in a...
campfire and melt it and then pour it into the ladle and that's called running ball we're living the vestige of American history through our eyes were we living it and hopefully bringing it alive for people in today's world in a way that perhaps they're not taught in
Video examples
How to Discover Your...
OK, you know that I’m going to show up, and I’ve got a pep in my high heel, red-bottom step. I do have heaving cleavage. And I’ve got a tell-it-like-it-is approach to life that’s always dosed with a ladle of love. It took me 55 years to get here.
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The legend of Annapurna,...
the compassionate Parvati could no longer stand by and watch her devotees wasting away. To walk among them and restore their health, she took the form of a new avatar, carrying a golden bowl of porridge and armed with a jewel-encrusted ladle.
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Quote examples
Neil Gaiman
British Author
When you're starting off as a young writer, you look at all the stuff that's gone before and the stuff that's influenced you, and you reach the ladle of your imagination into this bubbling stew pot of all of this stuff, and you pour it out. And that's where you start from.
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Lidia Bastianich
American Chef
Vin brule is a version of mulled wine enjoyed in Piemonte, in northwestern Italy. It's a perfect choice for holiday entertaining because you can double or even triple the recipe and leave it over very low heat, ladling it out as your guests come in from the cold.
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Rick Wilson
American Author
If there's one thing no one will ever mistake Ted Cruz for, it's a charismatic cult leader. Cruz scans more as the accountant for the charismatic cult leader than the guy ladling out the Kool Aid.
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Bettany Hughes
Maybe it is not just social history - the belt buckles and soup ladles - that connects us to the past, but a grander idea, an idea that shared memory is essential to being human.
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Alexander McCall Smith
Scottish Writer
You do not have to ladle on the impasto to make a point about human frailty or ambitions.
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Maneet Chauhan
Indian Chef
There is a standing joke in my family that I was born with a ladle in my hand.
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Demetri Martin
American Comedian
If you can't tell a spoon from a ladle, then you're fat!
Quote examples
Neil Gaiman
British Author
When you're starting off as a young writer, you look at all the stuff that's gone before and the stuff that's influenced you, and you reach the ladle of your imagination into this bubbling stew pot of all of this stuff, and you pour it out. And that's where you start from.
Quote examples
Lidia Bastianich
American Chef
Vin brule is a version of mulled wine enjoyed in Piemonte, in northwestern Italy. It's a perfect choice for holiday entertaining because you can double or even triple the recipe and leave it over very low heat, ladling it out as your guests come in from the cold.
Quote examples
Rick Wilson
American Author
If there's one thing no one will ever mistake Ted Cruz for, it's a charismatic cult leader. Cruz scans more as the accountant for the charismatic cult leader than the guy ladling out the Kool Aid.
Quote examples
Bettany Hughes
Maybe it is not just social history - the belt buckles and soup ladles - that connects us to the past, but a grander idea, an idea that shared memory is essential to being human.
Quote examples
Alexander McCall Smith
Scottish Writer
You do not have to ladle on the impasto to make a point about human frailty or ambitions.
Quote examples
Maneet Chauhan
Indian Chef
There is a standing joke in my family that I was born with a ladle in my hand.
Quote examples
Demetri Martin
American Comedian
If you can't tell a spoon from a ladle, then you're fat!
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