ladle
A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handleA deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle.
» Tom had a ladle in his right hand.
У Тома была ложка в правой руке.
Meaning
5 sensesA deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle.
Kelle, Suppenkelle, Schöpfkelle
поло́вникpolóvnik, черпа́кčerpák, ковшkovš
черпа́кčerpák, ополо́никopolónyk, ківшkivš
A container used in a foundry or steel mill to transport and pour out molten metal.
Gießpfanne
The float or paddle on a mill wheel.
An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.
- a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
Examples
20 sentencesTom had a ladle in his right hand.
ruУ Тома была ложка в правой руке.
She is holding a ladle in her right hand.
У неї в лівій руці черпак.
ruОна держит половник в правой руке.
deSie hält einen Schöpflöffel in der rechten Hand.
She used the ladle to serve soup.
The ladle hung by the soup pot.
The ladle clanked against the pot's rim.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English ladel, from Old English hlædel, derived from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (From Middle English ladel, from Old English hlædel, derived from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”), same source as Lithuanian kloti (“to spread”), equivalent to lade + -le (“agent suffix”).
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