ladle
verb/ˈleɪdl/
/ˈleɪdl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ladle | /ˈleɪdl/ /ˈleɪdl/ |
| he / she / it ladles | /ˈleɪdlz/ /ˈleɪdlz/ |
| past simple ladled | /ˈleɪdld/ /ˈleɪdld/ |
| past participle ladled | /ˈleɪdld/ /ˈleɪdld/ |
| -ing form ladling | /ˈleɪdlɪŋ/ /ˈleɪdlɪŋ/ |
- ladle something (+ adv./prep.) to place food on a plate with a large spoon or in large quantities
- Ladle the soup into bowls and serve right away.
- Grandma ladled out the rice and curry.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryLadle is used with these nouns as the object:- soup
- ladle something + adv./prep. (sometimes disapproving) to give somebody a lot of something, especially money or advice synonym dole something out
- The government no longer ladles out subsidies to farmers.
- He's always ladling on the charm.
Word OriginOld English hlædel, from hladan, of West Germanic origin.
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