spatula

noun

/ˈspætjʊlə/

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.

derived from σπάθη
borrowed from spatula

Definitions

A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for…
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…
A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.
A palette knife.
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1. A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when…
  A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.
2. A tongue depressor.
3. 6
  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!
4. 7
  A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family…
  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.
5. 8
  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.
  - So if you get road-pizzaed, should you have to pay in order to get yourself spatulaed off of the street?
  - Eddie spatulaed the patty onto a bun and extracted tomatoes, lettuce, and sliced pickles from a Tupperware.
6. 9
  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.
  - i.....am............dying.....................i'vebeen..............spatula'd........................to.........death...
  - I haven't spatulaed anyone in ages...

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Derived

cyclospatula, microspatula, scoopula, spatulalike, spatular, spatulate, spatulation, spatuliform, spatuloid, spatulous, spoonula

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for spatula. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA