spatula
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spatula
- /ˈspætjʊlə/
- /ˈspæt͡ʃʊlə/
- /ˈspæt͡ʃələ/
Where it comes from
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.
noun spatulas · spatulae · spatulæ
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A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.
Similar: fish slice, fish trowel, turner, pancake turner, kitchen turner, cooking turner, flipper
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A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.
Similar: scraper, dough scraper
- A palette knife.
- A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.
- A tongue depressor.
- A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino. The croupier delicately faced her other two cards with the tip of his spatula. A four! She had lost!
- A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges. The third instars are similar to other members of the genus except for a three-pronged spatula (typically two-pronged) and five lateral papillae (typically four) and with a nonbristled first instar.
verb spatulas · spatulaing · spatulaed
- To lift with or as if with a spatula. A book on Pastels referes [sic] to a rough Modeling paste to be spatulaed over cotton duck.
- To strike with a spatula. Or if you're a Ranma Character. I mean, they've been kicked/punched/thrown/hammered/spatulaed into the stratosphere enough times, you gotta figure they've developed a prretty high threshold of pain/injury.
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noun kitchen utensil for turning and lifting
| Español | espátula |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 뒤집개 dwijipgae |
| 日本語 | 箆 hera, スパーテル supāteru, フライ返し furaigaeshi |
| 中文 | 鍋鏟 /锅铲 guōchǎn |
| Português | espátula |
| Français | spatule |
| Deutsch | Pfannenwender, Bratenwender |
| Italiano | spatola, paletta |
| Ελληνικά | σπάτουλα spátoula |
| Русский | лопа́точка lopátočka, лопа́тка lopátka |
| Tiếng Việt | dao bay, que phết |
| العربية | مِلْعَقَةُ الصَيْدَلِيِّ milʕaqatu ṣ-ṣaydaliyyi, محراك miḥrāk |
noun palette knife
| Deutsch | Spachtelmesser |
|---|---|
| Italiano | mestichino, paletta, spatola |
Talk about this word "spatula." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/spatula. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. spatula. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/spatula "spatula." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/spatula.Cite this
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title = {spatula},
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