Meaning of SPATULA
| Pronunciation: | | 'spachulu
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- [n] a hand tool with a thin flexible blade used to mix or spread soft substances
- [n] a turner with a narrow flexible blade
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| | See Also: | | blade, food turner, grip, hand tool, handgrip, handle, hold, palette knife, putty knife, slice, turner | |
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| | Definition: | | \Spat"u*la\ (?; 135), n. [L. spatula, spathula, dim. of
spatha a spatula: F. spatule. See {Spade} for digging.]
An implement shaped like a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat
flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in
compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. {Palette knife}, under
{Palette}.
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