dipper vs ladle

dipper

noun
  • A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, for dipping into and ladling out liquids; a ladle or scoop. 

  • A Baptist or Dunker. 

  • A person employed in a tin plate works to coat steel plates in molten tin by dipping them. 

  • Any snack food intended to be dipped in sauce. 

  • The control in a vehicle that switches between high-beam and low-beam (i.e. dips the lights), especially when used to signal other vehicles. 

  • Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom. 

  • A pickpocket. 

  • One who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself, into a liquid). 

  • A person employed to assist a bather in and out of the sea. 

ladle

noun
  • A deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle. 

  • The float of a mill wheel; a ladle board. 

  • A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal. 

  • A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot. 

  • An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon. 

verb
  • To pour or serve something with a ladle. 

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