ladle

/ˈleɪdl/

/ˈleɪdəl/

Other forms: ladles; ladled; ladling

A ladle is a large spoon with a deep bowl for scooping and serving soup and other liquids. If you make clam chowder, it might be messy to serve it without using a ladle.

The serving implement is called a ladle, and you can also use this word as a verb: "Will you ladle some of that tomato soup into my bowl?" The Old English version was hlædel, from hladan, "to load," plus the "tool" suffix -le (like in thimble or handle).

Definitions of ladle

1. noun

   a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
   types:

   dipper

   a ladle that has a cup with a long handle

   scoop

   a large ladle

   soup ladle

   a ladle for serving soup

   type of:

   vessel

   an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
2. verb

   put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle
   “ladle soup into the bowl”

   type of:

   lay, place, pose, position, put, set

   put into a certain place or abstract location
3. verb

   remove with or as if with a ladle
   “ladle the water out of the bowl”

   synonyms: lade, laden

   types:

   slop

   ladle clumsily

   type of:

   remove, take, take away, withdraw

   remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract