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. — corvard
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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. — corvard
She is holding a ladle in her right hand.
У неї в лівій руці черпак. — deniko
ruОна держит половник в правой руке. — Balamax
deSie hält einen Schöpflöffel in der rechten Hand. — raggione
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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