ladle Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
verb put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle
- ladle soup into the bowl
verb remove with or as if with a ladle
lade; laden.
- ladle the water out of the bowl

AS.hlædel, fr. hladan to load, drain. See Lade, v. t.

A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping.
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.
(Founding) A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold.
The float of a mill wheel; -- called also ladle board.
(Gun.) (a) An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon. (b) A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.

imperfect & past participle Ladled ; present participle & verbal noun Ladling

To take up and convey in a ladle; to dip with, or as with, a ladle; as, to ladle out soup; to ladle oatmeal into a kettle.