ladle

ladle has 9 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• v. t.. A cuplike spoon, often of large size, with a long handle, used in lading or dipping.
• v. t.. A vessel to carry liquid metal from the furnace to the mold.
• v. t.. The float of a mill wheel; -- called also ladle board.
• v. t.. An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
• v. t.. A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.
• v. t.. To take up and convey in a ladle; to dip with, or as with, a ladle; as, to ladle out soup; to ladle oatmeal into a kettle.
• n.. a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another
• v.. remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of the bowl"
• v.. put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle; "ladle soup into the bowl"