spatula
an implement with a broad, flat, usually flexible blade, used for blending foods or removing them from cooking utensils, mixing drugs, spreading plasters and paints, etc.
Origin of spatula
1Other words from spatula
- spat·u·lar, adjective
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How to use spatula in a sentence
Wooden spoons or spatulas are found to be the most satisfactory for this purpose.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesThe ground up paper pulp is used for many casts, pressing it into mold with fingers and spatulas.
Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit | Albert B. FarnhamSome spatulas have small lateral adjuncts or brackets, as I have elsewhere termed them.
Evolution in Art | Alfred C. HaddonThey tossed the ivory stools and golden spatulas to one another across the tables.
Salammbo | Gustave FlaubertNever put knives, spatulas, egg beaters or whips in the sink; always rinse them off at once.
The Laurel Health Cookery | Evora Bucknum Perkins
British Dictionary definitions for spatula
/ (ˈspætjʊlə) /
a utensil with a broad flat, often flexible blade, used for lifting, spreading, or stirring foods, etc
Origin of spatula
1Derived forms of spatula
- spatular, adjective
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