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🥄 A mixing tool 🥄 To mix or beat
pattle

pattle

9.9
A flat tool for stirring or beating dough and clay
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : pala
  • She used a pattle to mix the ingredients.

Examples

  • She found an antique pattle among her grandmother's kitchen tools.

  • The chef grabbed a pattle from the drawer.

  • The baker used a wooden pattle to mix the dough.

  • In old pottery workshops, a pattle was essential for shaping and smoothing clay.

  • In the 19th century, farmers often used a pattle to stir the thick mixture in their pots.

  • The old cook demonstrated how to use a pattle for beating dough in the traditional way.

  • Historically, a pattle was essential for mixing ingredients in many rural households.

Synonyms

spatula
vspattle
36 1.5

A flat, thin tool with a handle for lifting and turning food like pancakes

is the older flat tool used mainly for stirring and beating
beater
vspattle
8 3.8

A tool that mixes food or removes dust from a carpet

focuses on a flat blade and often appears in historical contexts
spurtle
vspattle
  • UK
9.9

A wooden stick for stirring porridge or soup

uses a flat blade rather than a rounded stick for stirring

Surface Forms

pattle singular
pattles plural

Etymology

Pattle is a small flat tool whose name probably comes from the simple verb pat ('to tap gently') or the common word paddle, both images of using a flat thing to move or mix. So a pattle is a flat blade used for stirring, beating, or shaping materials.