ladling

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noun

The act of moving material using a ladle.

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Meanings

nounladling (plural ladlings)

plural ladlings

  1. The act of moving material using a ladle.

    […] by means of a spade only, without any of the filthy ladlings and bucketings which accompany the clearing a cesspool.

    1870, Henry Julian Hunter, Inquiry on the state of the Dwellings of Rural Labourers, page 142
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of ladle

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

GillandDalling
Cite this entry
APA

ladling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ladling

MLA

“ladling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ladling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ladling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ladling.

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