ladle /ˈleɪ.dəl/noun 5verb 1forms 3 noun5 •A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle.When the materials of glass have been kept long in fusion, the mixture casts up the superfluous salt, which the workmen afterwards take off with ladles. — 1680 •A container used in a foundry or steel mill to transport and pour out molten metal. •An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.The great guns ranged along the deck — each bound fast by its new breechings — with their linstocks and sponges and ladles and rammers, made no idle show of warlike strength. — 1923 •The float or paddle on a mill wheel. •A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot. verb1 •To pour or serve something with a ladle.One worker ladled molten steel into the shot sleeve.The host ladled the soup into her guests' bowls. formsladled · ladling · ladles
