ladle

4 definitions found

ladle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ladle \La"dle\, n. [AS. hl[ae]del, fr. hladan to load, drain.
     See Lade, v. t.]
     1. A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle,
        used in lading or dipping.
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              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.
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     2. (Founding) A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace
        to the mold.
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     3. The float of a mill wheel; -- called also ladle board.
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     4. (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.
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     Ladle wood (Bot.), the wood of a South African tree
        (Cassine Colpoon), used for carving.
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  Ladle \La"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ladled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     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.
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ladle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ladle
      n 1: a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used
           to transfer liquids from one container to another
      v 1: put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle; "ladle
           soup into the bowl"
      2: remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of
         the bowl" [syn: ladle, lade, laden]

ladle - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "ladle":
     bail, bucket, calabash, cup, decant, dip, dipper, dish, dish out,
     dish up, fork, gourd, labis, lade, pour, scoop, shovel, soupspoon,
     spade, spatula, spoon, tablespoon, teaspoon, trowel