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la⋅dle

[leyd-l] noun, verb, -dled, -dling.
–noun
1. a long-handled utensil with a cup-shaped bowl for dipping or conveying liquids.
2. Metallurgy. a bucketlike, refractory-lined container for transferring molten metal.
–verb (used with object)
3. to dip or convey with or as if with a ladle: to ladle soup into bowls.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME ladel, OE hlædel. See lade, -le


ladler, noun
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la·dle   (lād'l)   
n.  A long-handled spoon with a deep bowl for serving liquids.
tr.v.   la·dled, la·dling, la·dles
To lift out or serve with a long-handled spoon.

[Middle English, from Old English hlædel, from hladan, to draw out, lade.]
la'dler n.
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Word Origin & History

ladle 
"large, long-handled spoon for deawing liquids," O.E. hlædel, from hladan "to load" (see lade) + -le, suffix expressing "appliance, tool" (cf. shovel). The verb is first recorded 1525.
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