Types of spoon

Eating utensils

• Soup spoon
• Tablespoon
• Teaspoon
• Iced tea spoon
• Dessert spoon
• Demitasse spoon
• Bouillon spoon
• Grapefruit spoon
• Egg spoon
• Caviar spoon — usually made of mother of pearl, gold, animal horn or wood. Silver cannot be used because it affects the taste.
• Absinthe spoon
• Marrow spoon
• Plastic spoon
• shaver user spoon
• wooden spoon
• popcorn spoon
• Spork or Splayd — differing combinations of a spoon with a fork or knife
• Runcible spoon — originally a fictitious utensil and still referenced in modern fantastical literature; in actual use, "runcible spoon" is now often synonymous with spork or splade, though sometimes defined as a type of olive spoon

Cooking and serving utensils

• Caddy spoon
• Ladle — spoon with a long handle attached at a steep angle to scoop liquids
• Mustard spoon
• Olive spoon
• Salt spoon
• Serving spoon
• Slotted spoon
• Wooden spoon
• Stilton spoon
• Sugar spoon

Other objects

• Apostle spoon — a christening gift with the bust of an apostle as the finial
• Love spoon — a carved wooden spoon given as a token of betrothal
• Silver spoon — a small spoon given to a newborn child to ensure good fortune; used as a metaphor for someone born to riches
• Mote spoon — a perforated teaspoon used to sieve loose tea from a cup; the handle finial has a spike to unclog the teapot spout
• When a precious serving spoon is used for an anointment as part of a coronation, it can be given the status of regalia
• Cocaine spoon or coke spoon — a very small spoon used to sniff cocaine
• Ear spoon — a small spoon used to remove earwax, more common before the marketing of cotton-tipped swabs for this purpose
• Souvenir spoon - used to commemorate a place or event