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plural of ladle
as in spoons
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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verb

present tense third-person singular of ladle
as in scoops
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 ladles
Noun
Bowls of punch arrive laced with unusual flavors—jasmine tea, oak moss, and cardamom—served in ladles rather than glasses. Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • Remove the marrow from the bones with marrow spoons or butter knives.
    The Know, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
  • There were rarely more than three or four casts between strikes and there were places along the shore, where snags lay thick or grass beds provided cover, that sent a fish out to each cast as surely as the spoons touched the water.
    Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
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  • Now, whether or not those leaks came from Team Baldoni or not, the fact is such info did quickly end up in the likes of the Daily Mail and TMZ, which have had a lot of Team Baldoni scoops over the past year.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2025

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“Ladles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ladles. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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