wooden spoons

Kitchen tools, not metal

Wooden spoons are kitchen utensils carved from wood, used for stirring and serving.

They don't scratch cookware or conduct heat.

In British and Australian usage, the wooden spoon is a metaphorical prize for coming in last place—originally an actual spoon awarded to the lowest-ranking student at Cambridge: They finished with the wooden spoon again this season.

Related

stirring · stir the pot · utensil · whittling · mashing · hand-carved · kitchen · mortar and pestle · salad · tasting · baking · serving · carving · rustic · booby prize · last place · bowl · porridge

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Opposites
material composition

wooden spoonsplastic spoons

Polymer eating implements

silver spoons

culinary competition meaning (last place award)

wooden spoonschampionship trophy

Award for winning title

gold medal · first place · championship title · premiership · grand slam

utensil sophistication/technology

wooden spoonsimmersion blender

Handheld motor with blade

stand mixer · food processor

Family

wood, wooden, spoon, wooded, woody, woodland, spoonful, spoons, woodsman

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G