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🥣 A deep spoon 🥣 To serve liquid
to ladle

to ladle

4 3.4
To put soup or stew into bowls using a large deep spoon
  • verb
  • /ˈleɪdəl/
translation icon : servir con un cucharón
  • From here, ladle the melted pork fat into pint-sized mason jars.
  • ladle soup
  • ladle into bowls
  • ladle into cups

Like it's why ladling soup at the soup kitchen just isn't going to do it for most people, not long term.

Examples

  • After cooking the stew, you can ladle it into serving bowls.

  • Ladle the melted fat into a cheesecloth-lined colander, separating the melted fat from the cracklings.

    Blog text (17)

  • If it's becoming dry, ladle some more chicken stock.

    Blog text (6)

  • So, now ladle some hot water over it and squeeze.

    Woman on Top (2000)

  • Then you can ladle out some of Grandmother's soup first and add some water to it.

    L.U.N.A. (2021)

  • Then she'd ladle out five or six little hotcakes at a time.

    Blog text (20)

  • Stir, then ladle into clean jars.

    Academic text (1991)

  • This can be as simple as ladling out the food at the table or dividing up a candy bar among several children.

  • When ready to serve, ladle porridge into bowls and garnish with the leek-onion-garlic mixture.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Sweet Sue chats with Delphine Moses, the owner of the CarryOut, as she ladles tomato sauce onto the pizza dough.

    Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

to spoon
vsto ladle
31 1.0

Use a small tool with a bowl and handle to move or eat food

is specific to pouring or transferring liquids with a deep utensil
to dish up
vsto ladle
  • Informal
3 2.2

To serve food onto plates for people to eat

is about transferring liquids or soft food using a deep utensil
to lade
vsto ladle
  • Archaic
9.5

To take liquid from a container with a ladle

is about giving or pouring liquid rather than removing it

Compounds

soup ladle
1 1.1

A large deep spoon with a long handle for serving soup

How Much

to pour
588 1.0
to ladle
4 3.4
to spoon
31 1.0

Surface Forms

ladle infinitive
ladled past
ladled past participle
ladling present participle
ladles third person singular

Etymology

Ladle comes from the old word lade, which means 'to load' or 'take up'. So to ladle is to scoop and 'load' liquid into a big spoon and pour it into bowls.