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- a long-handled, cuplike spoon for dipping out liquids
- any similar device, as a large container for carrying and pouring molten metal
Origin: Middle English ladel from Old English hlædel, a ladle: see lade
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Origin: Middle English, from Old English hlǽdel, from hladan, to draw out, lade.
- laˈdler noun