spatula
Meanings
Plural: spatulae, spatulas, spatulæ
Noun
- a turner with a narrow flexible blade
- a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances
- A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.
- A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.
- A palette knife.
- 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.
- A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.
Verb
- To lift with or as if with a spatula.
- To strike with a spatula.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin spatula (“a flat piece”), the diminutive form of spatha (“broad or flat tool”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “a broad wood or metal blade”). Doublet of spauld; compare spatha and spathe.
Synonyms
cooking turner, dough scraper, fish slice, fish trowel, flipper, kitchen turner, pancake turner, scraper, turner
Scrabble Score: 9
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