1
: a deep-bowled long-handled spoon used especially for dipping up and conveying liquids
2
: something resembling a ladle in form or function
Synonyms
Examples of ladle in a Sentence
Noun
the chef looked around for a ladle to add the chicken broth to the pot
Verb
The soup was ladled into the bowls.
ladling the wine into cups
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Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
The ritual at all the shrines starts with purifying yourself at an ablution basin by washing your hands with a ladle and rinsing your mouth.
—Norma Meyer, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
Laura May Todd Enea Arienti, New York Times, 17 May 2024
Recommended The other half is packed with standing customers clutching plastic plates and ladling salsa, and the female assistant who rolls out the rounds of tortilla dough constantly.
—Mark Stevenson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2024
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Noun
Using a ladle or spoon, add the sauce on top of the cheese.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
The ritual at all the shrines starts with purifying yourself at an ablution basin by washing your hands with a ladle and rinsing your mouth.
—Norma Meyer, Orange County Register, 15 May 2024
Verb
Though it’s commonly ladled onto short cylindrical pasta shapes such as paccheri or rigatoni, at Coco Loco, which opened in the middle of Naples’s historic center in 1995, the chef and owner, Diego Nuzzo, prefers to use mezzanelli, a longer, skinnier version of ziti.
—Laura May Todd Enea Arienti, New York Times, 17 May 2024
Recommended The other half is packed with standing customers clutching plastic plates and ladling salsa, and the female assistant who rolls out the rounds of tortilla dough constantly.
—Mark Stevenson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2024
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“Ladle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ladle. Accessed 5 Jun. 2024.
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