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ladle

[leyd-l] / ˈleɪd l /
NOUN
scoop
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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In the kitchen, I check out Tūtū’s wooden ladle, but it’s basically an oversized spoon and I made one of those already.

From Literature

Using a soup ladle attached to an ice axe, Swanson reached out, straining to touch the ground as the helicopter lowered nearer and nearer the summit.

From Literature

Brothy soups and hearty stews Stock up on sturdy deli containers and ladle them full of nourishing soups and stews.

From Salon

Mrs. Wigginbottom suddenly dropped her ladle into the stew pot with such a crash, it silenced the group.

From Literature

The movie purports to dip into the deep well of Shakespearean magnificence but emerges only with a ladle full of greasy schmaltz.

From The Wall Street Journal