spatula
IPA: spˈætʃʊɫʌ
noun
- A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.
- (Canada, US) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.
- (dated) A palette knife.
- (chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.
- A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.
- (entomology) A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.
verb
- (transitive) To lift with or as if with a spatula.
- (transitive) To strike with a spatula.
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Examples of "spatula" in Sentences
- He owns a rare type of spatula.
- She cooks mashed potatoes with spatulas.
- She fights with an assortment of spatulas.
- The word may derive from the Latin spatula.
- I lightly sliced my finger on a metal spatula.
- The bottom picture is more homey with a spatula.
- A spatula is provided to push the mass into the gap.
- The third resembles a serving spatula or cake server.
- Alternately, my wife can apply the cream with a rubber spatula.
- A separate spatula may be provided for moving waste material into the container.
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