Get to know Ladle better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like vessel or take.
Ladle meaning
- A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle.
- A container used in a foundry or steel mill to transport and pour out molten metal.
- The float or paddle on a mill wheel.
Using Ladle
- The main meaning on this page is: A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle. | A container used in a foundry or steel mill to transport and pour out molten metal. | The float or paddle on a mill wheel.
- Useful related words include: vessel, take away, take, remove.
- In the example corpus, ladle often appears in combinations such as: the ladle, ladle the, ladle and.
Context around Ladle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ladle
- In this selection, "ladle" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, carefully, new, traditional, close, furnace and soup stand out and add context to how "ladle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a saucepan ladle or spoon and above the ladle in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ladle" sits close to words such as acolytes, acv and afolabi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ladle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Butcher Claude gave me a ladle. (6 words)
He took the ladle from the cook and started frying samosas. (11 words)
Ladle the broth, dumplings, baby bok choy and broccoli into bowls. (11 words)
According to his autobiography Bessemer was working with an ordinary reverberatory furnace but during a test, some pieces of pig iron were jostled off the side of the ladle, and were left above the ladle in the furnace's heat. (40 words)
ArcelorMittal originally announced its plans to install the new ladle furnace at Fos-sur-Mer, which is in the town of the same name and about 50 kilometers northwest of Marseille, in August 2023. (34 words)
Ladle a sixth of the mixture into one of the holes of a silicone pancake mould and repeat to fill the holes (we could cook three pancakes at a time in ours). (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Stir the batter well with a ladle before scooping up a portion and very gently and slowly pouring it into the pan, keeping the ladle close to the oil’s surface.
According to his autobiography Bessemer was working with an ordinary reverberatory furnace but during a test, some pieces of pig iron were jostled off the side of the ladle, and were left above the ladle in the furnace's heat.
He took the ladle from the cook and started frying samosas.
Ladle into bowls and serve topped with the jerusalem artichoke and mushroom migas, a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil and some freshly cracked black pepper.
Ladle over the soup and mussels, adding a generous squeeze of lime juice and, if you wish, a few extra coriander and mint leaves.
Allow it to cool down to room temperature, then using a funnel, carefully ladle the limoncello into glass bottles.
ArcelorMittal originally announced its plans to install the new ladle furnace at Fos-sur-Mer, which is in the town of the same name and about 50 kilometers northwest of Marseille, in August 2023.
Ladle a sixth of the mixture into one of the holes of a silicone pancake mould and repeat to fill the holes (we could cook three pancakes at a time in ours).
Ladle the broth, dumplings, baby bok choy and broccoli into bowls.
Butcher Claude gave me a ladle.
Ladle a portion of the sauce on your serving plate, top with the 5 seared scallops and a light sprinkle of the finely chopped parsley.
Ladle into the hot, dry sterilised jars, leaving a 2mm gap from the top.
Ladle soup into bowls, sprinkle with chives and serve with croûtes.
Some rituals were amended, including the traditional ladle of water that a winning wrestler offers to the next in the ring.
The Baba Yaga brings her ladle and gives him another portion.
These downtown spots ladle hearty stews, comforting noodle soups, and soothing bowls of broth.
To make a quick gravy, pour all the pan juices into a saucepan (ladle or spoon off or separate some of the oil that floats to the top — not all).
Prosecutor Tracy Yates told how Watson then grabbed a ladle of hot cauliflower cheese and started walking away while eating from that.
Slowly add the hot chicken stock to the rice, one ladle at a time, stirring continuously for 15–20 minutes until the rice has absorbed the stock and has a creamy texture.
Spoon a ladle-full of stock into the rice, stirring constantly.
Common combinations with ladle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the ladle 6×
- ladle the 4×
- ladle and 3×
- ladle in 3×
- ladle into 3×
- new ladle 2×
- ladle of 2×
- ladle or 2×
- serve ladle 2×
- ladle to 2×