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   ladle

   /ˈleɪdl/

   noun

   • 1. a large long-handled spoon with a cup-shaped bowl, used for serving soup or sauce: "she dipped the ladle into the casserole dish"
   • ▪ a container for transporting molten metal in a foundry.

   verb

   • 1. serve (soup, stew, or sauce) with a ladle: "she ladled out onion soup"
   • ▪ provide (information, advice, etc.) lavishly or overgenerously: "he was ladling out his personal philosophy of life"

   Word Origin Old Englishhlædel, from hladan (see lade1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. ladleful noun
   • 2. ladler noun

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