ladle
🇺🇸
/ˈleɪdl/
🇬🇧
/ˈleɪdl/
noun
R
A big spoon with a long handle used for serving soup or other liquids.
She used a ladle to serve the soup into everyone's bowl.
verb
R
To use a big spoon to put food onto plates or into bowls.
She ladled out the stew to all of us, filling our bowls to the brim.
R
To give out large amounts of something, often money or advice.
The charity event involved celebrities ladling out food to the homeless.
translation
A big spoon with a long handle used for serving soup or other liquids.
To use a big spoon to put food onto plates or into bowls.; To give out large amounts of something, often money or advice.
Word Forms
3rd Present
ladles
Progressive
ladling
Past
ladled
Plural
ladles
Perfect
ladled