Meaning of Spatula | Babel Free
ˈspætjʊləDefinitions
- A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.
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A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls. Canada, US
- A palette knife.
- A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.
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A tongue depressor. UK
- A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.
- A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.
Equivalents
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.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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