ladle

 
Pronunciation: /ˈleɪd(ə)l/

noun

  • 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

[with object and adverbial]
  • 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

Derivatives

ladleful

noun (plural ladlefuls)

ladler

noun

Origin:

Old English hlædel, from hladan (see lade)