as in spoon
a utensil with a bowl and a handle that is used especially in cooking and serving food
the chef looked around for a ladle to add the chicken broth to the pot
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as in to scoop
to lift out with something that holds liquid
the server ladled out the soup from a large tureen
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Recent Examples of ladle
Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 17 June 2025
Hold cake square over bowl of glaze and, using a small ladle or a serving spoon, ladle glaze all over cake square, making sure to coat all sides.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2025
As water evaporated, the juice was ladled from vat to vat, progressively reducing until a thick, viscous syrup remained.
—Literary Hub, 29 July 2025
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Noun
Rather than tongs, a hearty ladle feels more appropriately paired with this pick, to match its heavy vintage pewter style.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 17 June 2025
Hold cake square over bowl of glaze and, using a small ladle or a serving spoon, ladle glaze all over cake square, making sure to coat all sides.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
Verb
The mixture is then ladled over rice noodles and garnished with scallions.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2025
As water evaporated, the juice was ladled from vat to vat, progressively reducing until a thick, viscous syrup remained.
—Literary Hub, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ladle
Noun
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That wooden spoon was memorable.—
Tim Newcomb,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Pipe or spoon 3 tablespoons of the goat cheese filling slightly below the midway point of the skillet across the egg mixture, leaving about 1 inch of space at both ends.—
Jeremiah Langhorne,
Saveur,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Her flippers, each more than two feet long, scooped out sand and flung it to her sides in slow, determined strokes.—
M. Rajshekhar,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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Endowments and foundations have been divesting as they are pressed for liquidity, but family offices can scoop attractive assets at a discount and weather the exit slowdown.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Ladle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ladle. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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