A ladel.
Used to serve soup and other food.
A soup serving spoon is a wide circular spoon. It is wider than the average spoon. This reason is because it can allow for a large scoop of soup per spoonful.
Put the soup bowl on a plate and then put the spoon on top of the right side of the plate. That's simple.
A ladle (Lay-dil)
The best features to look for in a soup serving spoon are a deep bowl for holding more soup, a comfortable handle for easy grip, and a durable material that can withstand high temperatures.
Obviously, as desert spoons are used for eating and serving spoons are used for serving food.
A 'tureen', or 'soup tureen'.
A very big spoon used for serving soup, gravy and custard etc.
A typical soup spoon can hold about 10 to 15 milliliters of liquid. However, this can vary slightly depending on the design and size of the spoon. Generally, it's safe to consider a standard soup spoon to hold approximately 15 milliliters for most cooking and serving purposes.
a ladel is a very big spoon used for serving liquids such as soup, gravy, punch, ect.
Consomme soup should not be eaten with a dessert spoon, but with a boullion spoon, which is the round bowled spoon we now commonly called a soup spoon. Soup was eaten, and still is in silver service, with soup spoon which is very similar to a table spoon and about the size of what we now call a table spoon.
A cold spoon will extract heat from the soup, a spoon that is warmer than the soup will transfer heat to it.