1
: a deep-bowled long-handled spoon used especially for dipping up and conveying liquids
2
: something resembling a ladle in form or function
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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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Kristina Kasparian, Longreads, 12 Nov. 2024
The only easy way to get the soup into the bowl is with a ladle.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2024
Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
Google was ordered to do the same thing but was ladled with providing a large settlement payout.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Noun
The garlic and coriander mustn’t burn, the broth mustn’t boil, and the ladle should slit through a body that is just silky enough.
—Kristina Kasparian, Longreads, 12 Nov. 2024
The only easy way to get the soup into the bowl is with a ladle.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2024
Verb
And this is in a movie that certainly ladles on the homoeroticism, male nudity abounding as is understood for the overflowing Grecian sensuality of the time and this one.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
Google was ordered to do the same thing but was ladled with providing a large settlement payout.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Ladle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ladle. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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