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Noun ladle has 1 sense
- ladle - a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; used to transfer liquids
--1 is a kind of vessel
--1 has parts: handle, grip, handgrip, hold
--1 has particulars: dipper; scoop; soup ladle
Verb ladle has 2 senses
- ladle - put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle; "ladle soup into the bowl"
--1 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sample sentence:
The women ladle water into the bowl
- ladle, lade, laden - remove with or as if with a ladle; "ladle the water out of the bowl"
--2 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
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