spatula

[ spach-uh-luh ]

noun
  1. 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

1
1515–25; <Latin: a flat piece, batten, equivalent to spath(a) spathe + -ula-ule

Other 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 Sciences
  • The ground up paper pulp is used for many casts, pressing it into mold with fingers and spatulas.

  • Some spatulas have small lateral adjuncts or brackets, as I have elsewhere termed them.

    Evolution in Art | Alfred C. Haddon
  • They tossed the ivory stools and golden spatulas to one another across the tables.

    Salammbo | Gustave Flaubert
  • Never 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

spatula

/ (ˈspætjʊlə) /


noun
  1. a utensil with a broad flat, often flexible blade, used for lifting, spreading, or stirring foods, etc

Origin of spatula

1
C16: from Latin: a broad piece, from spatha a flat wooden implement; see spathe

Derived forms of spatula

  • spatular, adjective

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