spatula

/ˈspætjʊlə/

IPA: /S P AE1 CH UH0 L AH0/

noun

1
A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting or stirring food.
syn:fish slice fish trowel flipper pancake turner turner
2
A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.
syn:dough scraper scraper
3
A palette knife.
4
A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.
5
A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.
6
A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.

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