spatula

English

/ˈspætjʊlə/

noun
Definitions
  • A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting or stirring food.
  • (North America) A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.
  • (dated) A palette knife.
  • (chemistry) 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.
  • (entomology) A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spatula (broad, a flat piece, flat piece, broad flat piece) derived from Ancient Greek σπάθη (broad blade, blade, of wood metal, any broad blade, a broad wood metal blade, any broad blade of metal wood).

Origin

Ancient Greek

σπάθη

Gloss

broad blade, blade, of wood metal, any broad blade, a broad wood metal blade, any broad blade of metal wood

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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