Definitions for ladle

ladle la·dle

Spelling: [leyd-l]
IPA: /ˈleɪd l/

Ladle is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in ladle (adell).

Definitions for ladle

noun

  1. a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
  2. Metallurgy. a bucketlike, refractory-lined container for transferring molten metal.

verb (used with object)

  1. to dip or convey with or as if with a ladle:

Origin of ladle

before 1000; Middle English ladel, Old English hlædel. See lade, -le

Examples for ladle

"Hold a minute," interposed the kettle, as Maidwa was about to dip in his ladle.

When everything is ready, fill the ladle and pour the lead into one of the grooves.

The highlight of my trip was getting to know the iconic woman whom Time once dubbed “Our Lady of the ladle.”

Have the ladle with which you dip up the melted lead quite dry.

Take a long, deep whiff of that aroma and ladle it over your warm fettuccine.

They used to run their bullets, which were round, by melting lead in a ladle in the stove.

Squeeze and press it hard with the ladle, to get out all that remains of the milk.

The ladle, in the same shape as the cups, is also marked by Warner.

Drop the dumplings into it with a ladle, and let them boil an hour.

She paused as though transfixed, her ladle poised in the air.

Word Value for ladle
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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