Ladle
['leɪd(ə)l] or ['ledl]
Definition
(noun.) a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another.
(verb.) remove with or as if with a ladle; 'ladle the water out of the bowl'.
(verb.) put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle; 'ladle soup into the bowl'.
Typist: Shirley--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping.
(v. t.) A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold.
(v. t.) The float of a mill wheel; -- called also ladle board.
(v. t.) An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
(v. t.) A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.
(v. t.) 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.
Edited by Eva
Definition
n. a large spoon for lifting out liquid from a vessel: the float-board of a mill-wheel: an instrument for drawing the charge from a cannon.—v.t. to lift with a ladle.—ns. Lad′leful the quantity in a ladle:—pl. Lad′lefuls.—Ladle furnace a small gas furnace heated by a Bunsen burner for melting metals &c.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see a ladle in your dreams, denotes you will be fortunate in the selection of a companion. Children will prove sources of happiness. If the ladle is broken or uncleanly, you will have a grievous loss.
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Examples
- The master aimed a blow at Oliver's head with the ladle; pinioned him in his arm; and shrieked aloud for the beadle. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Fig. 1 shows the workman pouring an earthen ladle of molten metal into the molds in which the sole plates are cast. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This does away with the necessity of carrying the ladle of iron a long distance, thus saving much time and lessening the liability to accidents. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The orderly put the soup bowl down and he ladled out a plate full. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- But Maria took Fernando's bowl over to the big pot set back from the edge of the fire and ladled into it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- During this travel the various cores are set, and the molds closed, moving to the point where the men with large ladles pour the mold. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The 100-ton ladles are in position at the tapping side of the furnaces to receive the molten steel. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The molten metal is brought to this man’s station by means of large ladles, suspended on a trolley on an I-beam track, running from the cupola through the entire length of the foundry. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was poured from caldrons and ladles, vomited through long copper tubes, or flung in pots, phials and barrels. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He had the bucket open and was ladling out stew onto a plate. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Typist: Vilma