soup ladle

Deep bowl spoon

A soup ladle is a long-handled spoon with a deep, rounded bowl, used for serving soup or other liquids from a pot into bowls.

The deep bowl allows transferring generous portions without spilling: She dipped the soup ladle into the pot of minestrone.

Related

stirring · pot · kitchen · scoop · handle · stew · simmer · steam · piping hot · bowl · portion · metal · cooking · utensil · dipper · slotted · gravy · stock

Categories
Opposites
liquid retention vs drainage

soup ladleslotted spoon

Holed spoon for draining

strainer · colander · spider strainer · skimmer · sieve

utensil scale

soup ladleteaspoon

Small spoon or measure

measuring spoon

Family

soup, ladle, soups, soupy, ladles, ladled, ladling

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G