noun
- a long-handled, cuplike spoon for dipping out liquids
- any similar device, as a large container for carrying and pouring molten metal
Origin:
ME ladel < OE hlædel, a ladle: see lade
transitive verb ladled, ladling
- to dip out or serve with or as with a ladle
- to lift out and carry in a ladle
- Informal to distribute generously: with out