Definition of "wooden spoon" [wooden spoon]

• A spoon made from wood, commonly used in food preparation. (noun)
• An ironic prize for finishing last in a competition. (noun)

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• "She was looking, Mariam said, forthe long wooden spoon she used to stir rice."
• "I rest the wooden spoon on a plate alongside the simmering pot of ribollita, turn off the burner, and go to let them in."
• "So now the house began to people itself at the furthest edges of my senses: A wide-bottomedcook, her back to me, laid down the wooden spoon she was using to stir a pot and bustled away through a door."