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.

(transitive) To pour or serve something with a ladle.

plural of lady

(Britain, euphemistic) A ladies' room: a lavatory intended for use by women.

(bingo) A traditional call for the number eighty-eight.

Weighed down with a load, burdened. / Heavy. / Oppressed. / (chemistry) In the form of an adsorbate or adduct.

past participle of lade

A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps).

To arrange or form into a shape of a ladder. / (chiefly firefighting) To ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder. / Of a knitted garment: to develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread.

(informal) A homeless woman who carries her possessions with her in bags.