ladle
- a long-handled spoon with a relatively large, deep bowl, for dipping out liquids
- any similar device, as a large container for carrying and pouring molten metal
Origin of ladle
Middle English ladel ; from Old English hlædel, a ladle: see lade -·dled, -·dling
- to dip out or serve with or as with a ladle
- to lift out and carry in a ladle
- to distribute generously: with out
ladle
noun
A long-handled spoon with a deep bowl for serving liquids.
transitive verb
la·dled, la·dling, la·dles To lift out or serve with a long-handled spoon.
Origin of ladle
Middle English, from Old English hlædel, from hladan, to draw out, lade.Related Forms:
- la′dler
noun
ladle
Noun
(plural ladles)
Verb
(third-person singular simple present ladles, present participle ladling, simple past and past participle ladled)
- to serve something with a ladle
Origin
From Middle English ladel, from Old English hlædel, derived from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”), same source as Lithuanian kloti (“to spread”), equivalent to lade + -le (“agent suffix”).
