LADLE
What does "LADLE" mean?
A long-handled spoon with a deep bowl, used for serving liquids like soup.
Meanings
- A deep, long-handled spoon for serving soup, stew, or other liquids. He dipped the ladle into the pot and filled each bowl.
- To serve or transfer liquid with a ladle, or to dispense generously. She ladled out the stew until everyone had seconds.
- To give out something abundantly, often praise or blame. The critic ladled on the compliments. figurative
Did you know?
- A 'ladle' and a ship's 'lading' come from the same Old English verb 'hladan' (to draw out or load) - the soup spoon and the cargo hold are distant cousins.
Word origin
From Old English 'hlædel', from 'hladan' (to load, draw water) plus the instrument suffix '-el'; literally 'a thing for drawing out'.
Remember it
LADLE = 'LAID-le'; a long spoon laid into the pot to draw the broth out.
A little poem
Long arm in the pot-
it takes nothing for itself,
fills the bowls and waits.
haiku
Wordplay
- The soup chef proposed with a ladle. He wanted to dish out love by the bowlful.
What it teaches
The best tools serve others and keep nothing; a ladle is full only on the way out.
Quick facts
What does LADLE mean?
A long-handled spoon with a deep bowl, used for serving liquids like soup.
Is LADLE a valid word?
Yes — LADLE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is LADLE?
LADLE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does LADLE come from?
From Old English 'hlædel', from 'hladan' (to load, draw water) plus the instrument suffix '-el'; literally 'a thing for drawing out'.
What can LADLE teach us?
The best tools serve others and keep nothing; a ladle is full only on the way out.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.