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the long-armed monarch of soup, ruling the pot from a safe distance
means a large, deep-bowled spoon with a long handle, used for scooping and serving soups, stews, and other liquids
from From Old English 'hlædel,' meaning a vessel for lading or loading, built on the verb 'hladan' (to load, draw up, heap) — the same root that gives us 'lade' in 'bill of lading' and the 'lad' tucked inside 'laden.' So a ladle is, quite literally, a little loading-tool: the thing you use to draw liquid up out of the pot, one careful heap at a time.
old rootsname comes from Old English meaning to load or draw
big dipperthe constellation's name literally means the ladle in Chinese
volume tooloften holds exactly four to eight fluid ounces per scoop
casting cousinfoundries use giant ladles to pour molten metal