1
: a deep-bowled long-handled spoon used especially for dipping up and conveying liquids
2
: something resembling a ladle in form or function
Examples of ladle in a Sentence
Noun
the chef looked around for a ladle to add the chicken broth to the pot
Verb
The soup was ladled into the bowls.
ladling the wine into cups
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Greta Cross, USA Today, 25 May 2025
Begin adding the hot vegetable stock a ladle at a time, stirring continuously.
—Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
Its symbols are instantly recognizable: the lunch lady ladling mysterious slop onto trays, a bully who teases the meek, girls and boys tittering about their crushes.
—Sam Corbin, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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Noun
Here's how: Big Dipper: Appears like a dot-to-dot kitchen ladle.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 25 May 2025
Begin adding the hot vegetable stock a ladle at a time, stirring continuously.
—Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Verb
The series has so much escapist potential in its initial episodes, poking at the absurdities of abundant wealth and ladling in so much silly foreboding, only to squander it because the series is unable to create anything resembling an emotional payoff.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2025
Its symbols are instantly recognizable: the lunch lady ladling mysterious slop onto trays, a bully who teases the meek, girls and boys tittering about their crushes.
—Sam Corbin, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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“Ladle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ladle. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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