Spatula Definition

spăchə-lə
spatulas
noun
Any of various implements with a broad, flat, flexible blade, used for spreading or blending substances, as foods or paints, for scraping, etc.
Webster's New World
A tongue depressor.
American Heritage Medicine
(dated) A palette knife.
Wiktionary

(chemistry) A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Spatula

Noun

Singular:
spatula
Plural:
spatul, spatulae, spatulas

Origin of Spatula

  • From Latin spatula (“a flat piece"), the diminutive form of spatha (“broad or flat tool") + -ula ("-ule"). Compare spatha and spathe.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin flat piece of wood, splint diminutive of spatha broadsword spathe

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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