Meaning of Spatula | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.
2. A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.
   Canada, US
3. A palette knife.
   dated
4. A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.
5. A tongue depressor.
   UK
6. A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.
7. A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.

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Examples

“The croupier delicately faced her other two cards with the tip of his spatula. A four! She had lost!”

“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.”

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