Ladle

Meaning

a large deep spoon with a long handle, used for serving soup or other liquids

A large spoon for serving soup or liquids; to serve with such a spoon.

Example Sentences

Use the ladle to serve the hot soup into bowls.

She used a ladle to serve the hot soup into bowls.

Example Expressions

ladle out

Synonyms

spoon, dipper, scoop, server, pourer

Entry 1

spoon, dipper, scoop

Entry 2

scoop, dipper, spoon, server, pourer

Antonyms

pour directly, withhold

Collocations

soup ladle, serve with ladle, wooden ladle, ladle out, ladle into

Entry 1

soup ladle, serve with ladle, wooden ladle

Entry 2

soup ladle, ladle out, ladle into, wooden ladle