What's the difference between ladle and spoon?

Ladle


Definition:

  • (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.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They are also known for space-saving devices such as utensils which pack neatly on top of each other in a stand, spatulas, palette knifes and ladles that use a weighted handle to avoid being placed on the countertop, thus saving cleaning.
  • (2) My grandad used to deliver the milk and ladle it into people’s teapots.
  • (3) The highest dust exposures were found during furnace, cupola, and pouring ladle repair.
  • (4) The latest recovery has been robust, but it was always a fantasy to believe that the ECB could solve all the euro's problems with its long-term refinancing operations, ladling out ultra-cheap three-year money to European banks .
  • (5) Ladle a little of the pasta cooking water into the other pan.
  • (6) Pour in a small ladleful of batter and swirl around to cover the base of the pan.
  • (7) 7 Ladle the sauce into a warmed serving dish and arrange the koftas on top.
  • (8) There's some shared soup somewhere in my head from which these two things are ladling."
  • (9) When the first ladleful is absorbed add the trevisano and stir through (this will gradually soften throughout the cooking process).
  • (10) In the 1st part of the experiment, older and younger adults read a series of high-cloze sentence frames, each missing its final word (e.g., "She ladled the soup into her____.").
  • (11) A malacological survey was undertaken at three-monthly intervals by means of ten scoops with a perforated ladle each ten metres along the two banks of the ditches and streams of the region.
  • (12) She has ladled out countless bowls of her pork noodle soup, but the owner of a Hanoi streetside restaurant says she was stunned when Barack Obama strolled in, pulled up a plastic stool and slurped down Vietnam’s famed “bun cha” delicacy.
  • (13) Once the pan is really hot, reduce the heat to medium and add the pancake mix using a ladle – about 2tbsp of batter per crepe.
  • (14) When the butter starts to sizzle, give the batter a quick stir, then pour or ladle in enough to give a wafer-thin layer.
  • (15) Add the enoki mushrooms to the broth, simmer for a minute or two, then ladle over the cheeks.
  • (16) Use a ladle to apply a thin layer of pancake mixture to the pan, try to cook it with no colour - approximately two minutes, and then turn it.
  • (17) One of my happiest food memories is of eating a black dhal (made with the dark unskinned "urad" lentil) before sunrise in Pakistan during Ramadan – rich and spicy and thickened with heavy ladles of butter or "ghee" to fill you up for the day.
  • (18) It’s set to invade your mind all over again: those four trilling balalaika notes, like four great big tablespoons of treacle ladled into your mind.
  • (19) Keep checking the rice after about 20 minutes and when almost done add another ladleful of stock, the parmesan, a squeeze of lemon, the remaining butter and stir.
  • (20) On every street corner of this district, at around noon, a woman with a big tin pot ladles out thick gruel to a stream of small children carrying tin bowls.

Spoon


Definition:

  • (v. i.) See Spoom.
  • (n.) An implement consisting of a small bowl (usually a shallow oval) with a handle, used especially in preparing or eating food.
  • (n.) Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait.
  • (n.) Fig.: A simpleton; a spooney.
  • (v. t.) To take up in, or as in, a spoon.
  • (v. i.) To act with demonstrative or foolish fondness, as one in love.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Sift the cocoa powder over the top and lightly but thoroughly fold it in with the metal spoon.
  • (2) Spoon over the dressing and eat immediately, while the tomatoes are still hot and the bread is crisp.
  • (3) Two years after its introduction, the Morley spoon was still the most commonly used method of preparing oral rehydration solution (ORS).
  • (4) I arrange my coins into ascending size in my pockets, for example, and nothing gives me more comfort than the knowledge that my forks, knives and spoons are all in the correct place, tessellating magnificently in their drawer.
  • (5) 2 Crumble the blue cheese into the porridge and then cook on a medium heat, stirring continuously with a wooden spoon until it thickens to your liking.
  • (6) Pour on to a large platter or individual plates, spoon the cauliflower and chickpeas on top, followed by the egg, tomatoes and chilli sauce.
  • (7) Rafa then spoons a volley long with an gaping court in front of him to bring up set point for Dimitrov.
  • (8) Possible causes of the error are salt type, spoon size, and leveling technique.
  • (9) a) synovial bursa ( schleimbeutel ) b) sneeze guard ( Spukschutz ) c) snotty-nosed brat – literally snot spoon ( rotzloeffel ) d) grumpy bastard – literally lump of vomit ( kotzbrocken ) 4,000 Jet-setters complain of a) Jetleg b) Jetleck c) Jetlag d) Jetlack 8,000 Who, if a contestant on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, would definitely not call the Joker?
  • (10) Spoon into the warm mushrooms, top with the tomatoes, sprinkle with pine nuts and serve.
  • (11) But the best moment came when I first heard Julie Andrews singing A Spoonful of Sugar .
  • (12) It was concluded that silver cone retrieval in more than half the cases could be performed easily with hand instruments, particularly spoon excavators.
  • (13) He might have been born with a silver spoon and declared bankruptcy four or five times but he is not dumb.
  • (14) 5 Pour the polenta on to two plates, arrange the grilled radicchio on top, then spoon the anchovy and rosemary sauce on top.
  • (15) Recipe supplied by Patrick Hanna, L'Entrepot, lentrepot.co.uk Clams with leek, fennel and parsley Though you could add a twirl of al dente spaghetti or linguine to this dish, it is the fragrant, briny broth that delights – better with a crusty loaf and a spoon.
  • (16) Pour spoonfuls of the batter into the hot oil and cook until bubbles form and the edges begin to harden.
  • (17) Open Mon-Sat 11am-midnight; Sun 12.30pm-11pm Spoon Cafe Bistro Spoon Cafe Bistro This place used to be known as Nicolson's Cafe or "one of the places where a single mum called Joanne sat in a corner to write some book about a boy wizard".
  • (18) In layer eight, the retinal axons were often large, spoon-shaped boutons that ended in apposition with the somata of the layer.
  • (19) However, when delivering the 2011 Reith Lecture , she added: “There are questions to be answered about the various relationships that developed afterwards and whether the UK supped with a sufficiently long spoon.” The archive clearly shows that Gaddafi hoped that this intelligence co-operation would result in British assistance in his attempts to round up and imprison Libyans who were living in exile in the UK, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Mali.
  • (20) Mixing the condensation silicones under the conditions of daily practice--one spoon of body plus a distinct amount of catalyst-resulted in hardness differences compared to using the exact dose.