noun
1. a booby prize consisting of a spoon made of wood
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑booby prize
2. a spoon made of wood
• Hypernyms: ↑spoon, ↑woodenware
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wooden spoon,
1. a spoon made of wood, especially one presented at a college or university to the lowest of those taking honors.
2. Figurative. the lowest position in any list or set.
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a spoon made of wood, used in cooking for stirring and mixing
Idiom: get/win/take the wooden spoon
Word Origin:
[wooden spoon] a spoon made of wood was formerly given to the candidate coming last in the Cambridge mathematical tripos (final exams for a BA degree).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.