spatula

[spach-uh-luh] Origin

spat·u·la

[spach-uh-luh]
noun
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:
1515–25; < Latin: a flat piece, batten, equivalent to spath(a) spathe + -ula -ule

spat·u·lar, adjective
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spatula (ˈspætjʊlə)
 
n
a utensil with a broad flat, often flexible blade, used for lifting, spreading, or stirring foods, etc
 
[C16: from Latin: a broad piece, from spatha a flat wooden implement; see spathe]
 
'spatular
 
adj

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spatula
1525, from L. spatula "broad piece, spatula," dim. of spatha "broad, flat tool or weapon," from Gk. spathe "broad blade" (see spade (1)). Erroneous form spattular is attested from 1607.
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