ladle
English
/ˈleɪ.dəl/
noun
Definitions
- A deep-bowled spoon with a long, usually curved, handle.
- (metallurgy) A container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal.
- The float of a mill wheel; a ladle board.
- An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.
- A ring, with a handle or handles fitted to it, for carrying shot.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ladel inherited from Old English hlædel inherited from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (load) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (put, lay out, deposit, lay down, overlay) affix from English lade.
Origin
English
lade
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beladle English
- lade English
- lademan English
- lader English
- ladest English
- ladeth English
- ladleful English
- ladler English
- overlade English
- relade English
- unlade English
- latoa Finnish
- клад Russian
- κλῆρος Ancient Greek
- *kleh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *kléh₂ros Proto-Indo-European
- *hlastuz Proto-Germanic
- *hlaþaną Proto-Germanic
- *hlōdijaną Proto-Germanic
- *hlōþþijō Proto-Germanic
- hladan Old English
- hlædel Old English
- ladel Middle English
- laden Middle English
- hlaða Old Norse
- hlǫðu Old Norse
- *klasti Proto-Slavic
- hladan Old High German
- *ladan Old Dutch
- hladan Old Saxon