ladle
English

A ladle

A ladle (metallurgy).
Etymology
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”).
Noun
ladle (plural ladles)
- A deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle.
- Boyle
- When the materials of glass have been kept long in fusion, the mixture casts up the superfluous salt, which the workmen take off with ladles.
- Boyle
- (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
- (deep-bowled spoon): dipper
Derived terms
- frying ladle
Translations
deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle
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Verb
ladle (third-person singular simple present ladles, present participle ladling, simple past and past participle ladled)
- (transitive) to serve something with a ladle
Translations
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