wooden spoon

Thân thiện

A chef stirs a pot of soup with a wooden spoon.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A spoon made of wood: A utensil for eating or stirring, crafted from wood.
   • A booby prize consisting of a spoon made of wood: A humorous or symbolic prize traditionally awarded to the person or team that comes last in a competition.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Utensil):

  • She stirred the soup with a wooden spoon.
  • Traditional recipes often recommend using a wooden spoon to avoid scratching the pot.

• Noun (Prize):

  • Our team finished at the bottom of the league and was "awarded" the wooden spoon.
  • He joked that he would win the wooden spoon for his terrible golf score.

Advanced Usage

• "To get/take the wooden spoon": To finish last in a competition.
  • If we lose this match, we'll take the wooden spoon for the season.

Variants and Related Words

• Booby prize (n): A joke prize given for the worst performance.
  • He received a booby prize for coming in last place.

Synonyms

• Last place: The final position in a ranking.
• Spoon (in the specific context of the prize): The wooden object itself as a symbol.

Related Idioms

• "To be in line for the wooden spoon": To be likely to finish last.
  • With these results, our team is firmly in line for the wooden spoon.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a spoon made of wood
2. a booby prize consisting of a spoon made of wood