WOODEN SPOON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wooden spoon mean? 

• WOODEN SPOON (noun)
  The noun WOODEN SPOON has 2 senses:

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

2. a spoon made of wood

  Familiarity information: WOODEN SPOON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOODEN SPOON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A booby prize consisting of a spoon made of wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("wooden spoon" is a kind of...):

booby prize (a prize given to one who finishes last in a contest)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A spoon made of wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("wooden spoon" is a kind of...):

spoon (a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food)

woodenware (ware for domestic use made of wood)

 Context examples 

Even the children were instructed, each to dip a wooden spoon into Mr. Micawber's pot, and pledge us in its contents.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Mrs. Micawber and the two elder members of the family I now found to be provided with similar formidable instruments, while every child had its own wooden spoon attached to its body by a strong line.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)