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ladleful

Today it means: A sufficient quantity to fill a ladle. Full definition →

Middle English ladelful

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Middle English · inherited fromladelful
English todayladleful

From Middle English ladelful, ladel-ful; equivalent to ladle + -ful.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.