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ladle

DEFINITIONS OF: ladle

1

n a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another

Types:
dipper
a ladle that has a cup with a long handle
scoop
a large ladle
soup ladle
a ladle for serving soup
Type of:
vessel
an object used as a container (especially for liquids)

v put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle

“ladle soup into the bowl”
Type of:
lay, place, pose, position, put, set
put into a certain place or abstract location

v remove with or as if with a ladle

“ladle the water out of the bowl”
Synonyms:
lade, laden
Types:
slop
ladle clumsily
Type of:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
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